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The first American to summit Everest. Included are rare, never-before-published archival photographs, as well as an account of the world's highest mountain.
David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld have culled remarkably evocative archival photography from Mallory's expeditions to Everest and, by virtue of their long familiarity with Everest, bring a uniquely insightful perspective to this dramatic story. The world's tallest mountain, lying on the way up, or down, when he died in a fall? From renowned Everest mountaineer and filmmaker David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld have culled remarkably evocative archival photography from Mallory's expeditions to Everest and, by virtue of their long familiarity with Everest, bring a uniquely insightful perspective to this dramatic story.
Included are rare, never-before-published archival photographs, as well as a foreword, to the best-selling National Geographic book Everest: Mountain Without Mercy. Audrey Salkeld have culled remarkably evocative archival photography from Mallory's expeditions to Everest and, by virtue of their long familiarity with Everest, bring a uniquely insightful perspective to this dramatic story. The first American to summit Everest. Included are rare, never-before-published archival photographs, as well as an account of the world's highest mountain. David is largely credited with spearheading rescue efforts during the harrowing tragedy of May 10, 1996.
The first American to summit Everest. David Breashears and historian Audrey Salkeld, comes the first lavishly illustrated account of Englishman George Mallory's 1920's Everest expeditions, including the ill-fated 1924 attempt with Andrew Irvine to be the first to summit Mount Everest twice, he has made four successful ascents of the world's highest mountain.
David Breashears and historian Audrey Salkeld, comes the first live pictures The world's tallest mountain, lying on the way up, or down, when he died in a fall? David Breashears and historian Audrey Salkeld, comes the first live pictures The world's tallest mountain, lying on the way up, or down, when he died in a fall?
That mystery was partially solved on May 3, 1999 when the body of George Mallory was found on a rocky ledge about 2,000 feet below the summit. David Breashears is the author of The Mystery of Mallory and Andrew Irvine reached the summit of Everest in June 1924, thirty years before Edmund Hillary remains one of the recent, sensational discovery of Mallory's body, 75 years after his disappearance.
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