Last Hours on Everest: The gripping story of Mallory and Irvines fatal ascent

Name: Last Hours on Everest: The gripping story of Mallory and Irvines fatal ascent
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
SKU: 9780007455744
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By (author): Graham Hoyland

An expert mountaineer cracks Everests 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 Mallorys body; it will be his evidence that will recover Irvines.

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?

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Weight: 330g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 08 May 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780007455744

About Graham Hoyland

Climber author and film director Graham Hoyland was the 15th Briton to climb Everest and during one of his nine expeditions to the mountain was responsible for the discovery of George Mallorys body. He writes for the Independent newspaper and worked as a BBC director on programmes such as Dragons Den the Today programme and Around the World in 80 Faiths.