The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine - Softcover

Holzel, Tom; Salkeld, Audrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898867266 ISBN 13: 9780898867268

Publisher: Mountaineers Books, 2000

Synopsis

They were last seen alive high on Everest on June 8, 1924, going strong for the summit. Then George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared into the mist, never to return again.
What happened to them? Did they in fact make it to the summit, beating Hillary and Norgay by almost three decades? The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine is the classic - and controversial - study that has long informed the debate. Research and analysis presented within these pages aided the Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition that found George Mallory's body. And now The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine has been thoroughly updated with the latest findings. Tom Holzel and Audrey Salkeld show that evidence confirms many of their original conclusions - and present startling new theories, never before revealed.

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Holzel graduated in Economics at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. In 1986 he organised and took part in an expedition to the north side of Mount Everest to search for new evidence of what became of Mallory and Irvine. He has invented and patented a new kind of oxygen 'rebreathing' apparatus for extended use at high altitude. He is the author on numerous articles for Summit, Mountain and American Alpine Journal. Audrey Salkeld has the most comprehensive archive in Britain on mountaineering. She has translated from the German books by Reinhold Messner and Kurt Diemberger and has written the scripts for a number of television documentaries, including Leo Dickinson's Eiger and David Breashear's film The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine, for which she took part in Holzel's 1986 expedition and climbed to the North Col on Everest. She contributes regularly to mountaineering journals and is the author of a highly praised book on her Himalayan travels in Mustang and Tibet, People in High Places.

Review:

"An authoritative book... prepared to debunk one of mountaineering's most cherished beliefs" Observer "It is extremely well researched and gives an excellent picture of the climbing scene." Mountain Magazine "Fascinating" Mail on Sunday "A fantastic read and an excellent piece of scholarship" Irish Independent "An enthralling story" Illustrated London News

About this edition

• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0898867266
• ISBN 13: 9780898867268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 362