Häftad, Engelska, 2014
Last Hours on Everest
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Beskrivning
An expert mountaineer cracks Everest’s most intriguing mystery – did Mallory and Irvine reach the summit before they perished on its slopes?On the 6th June 1924, mountaineers George Mallory and Sandy Irvine perished in their attempt to reach the summit of Everest.Obsessed by uncovering what happened, in 1993 Graham Hoyland became the 15th Englishman to climb Everest. His investigations led to the finding of Mallory’s body; it will be his evidence that will recover Irvine’s.‘Last Hours on Everest’ meticulously reconstructs that fateful day. Combining his own expert insight with the clues they left behind, Graham Hoyland at last answers the most intriguing of questions – did the two men actually reach the top of Everest?
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 2014-05-08
- Mått: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
- Vikt: 240 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 320
- Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780007455744
- Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
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1 recensioner, genomsnitt 5/5
- 5/5 Anders E
Intressant bok om Mallory och Irvine och deras försök att bestiga toppen 1924 samt författarens egen bestigning av Mount Everest. Boken blir extra intressant då författaren hade en släkting, Howard Somervell, som var med 1924 på Mallorys expedition. Läsvärd!
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