- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: MapQuest.com,US; 1st Edition edition (31 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0792275381
- ISBN-13: 978-0792275381
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 3.2 x 31.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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From renowned Everest mountaineer and filmmaker David Breashears and historian Audrey Salkeld, this is the first illustrated account of the ill-fated 1924 attempt by Englishmen George Mallory and Andrew Irvine to be the first to summit Everest.'
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
More Mallory and Irvine? Yes, but Last Climb perfectly captures the romanticism and sad inevitability of this most famous of mountaineering adventures. Beautifully presented in hardback, Breashears and Salkeld write with clarity, common sense and reverence for these remarkable men. The story of Mallory and Irvine may be well documented but the inclusion of original black and white photos and Edward Norton's evocative watercolours make Last Climb a worthy entry in the chronicles of a true 20th Century odyssey.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a fitting tribute to the memory of George Mallory and Andy Irvine, who both died attempting to summit Mount Everest in 1924.
The Book is nicely presented, containing plenty of background to Mallory's three Everest expeditions in 1921, 1922 and 1924, including an impressive pictorial record. Starkly, these expeditions cost eleven lives, seven in 1922 and four in 1924.
The Authors make it clear that no one can be sure if Mallory or Irvine made it to the summit. If anything, the evidence presented leans towards the probability that they didn't make it.
In the main, the Authors present a well researched trail of evidence, describing the events leading to the fatal 1924 summit attempt. Accounts of the previous two Everest expeditions set the scene for the heightened expectations of the World Press.
The last chapter speculates as to what might have happened on the fateful day. However this is taken slightly too far in contrast to the more welcome evidence based approach of the rest of the book.
More details from the 1999 Mallory Irvine Research expedition that discovered Mallory's body would have been welcome. Oddly, the famous photo of Mallory's body is absent.
The Book includes a short note on the successful Everest summit in 1995 by George Mallory II, Mallory's grandson, a nice moment of closure for the Mallory family.
John Mallory was three when his father died on Everest. He captures the impact of the tragic loss of his father in the introduction,"I would so much rather have known my father than to have grown up in the shadow of a legend".
Somehow the tragic loss of life in attempting to scale Everest comes with a strange, siren-like allure, continuing, as it does, to claim lives every year. At the time of writing, the death toll exceeds 212 lives, yet the allure never fades.
This is a good read for anyone interested in mountaineering history.
The Book is nicely presented, containing plenty of background to Mallory's three Everest expeditions in 1921, 1922 and 1924, including an impressive pictorial record. Starkly, these expeditions cost eleven lives, seven in 1922 and four in 1924.
The Authors make it clear that no one can be sure if Mallory or Irvine made it to the summit. If anything, the evidence presented leans towards the probability that they didn't make it.
In the main, the Authors present a well researched trail of evidence, describing the events leading to the fatal 1924 summit attempt. Accounts of the previous two Everest expeditions set the scene for the heightened expectations of the World Press.
The last chapter speculates as to what might have happened on the fateful day. However this is taken slightly too far in contrast to the more welcome evidence based approach of the rest of the book.
More details from the 1999 Mallory Irvine Research expedition that discovered Mallory's body would have been welcome. Oddly, the famous photo of Mallory's body is absent.
The Book includes a short note on the successful Everest summit in 1995 by George Mallory II, Mallory's grandson, a nice moment of closure for the Mallory family.
John Mallory was three when his father died on Everest. He captures the impact of the tragic loss of his father in the introduction,"I would so much rather have known my father than to have grown up in the shadow of a legend".
Somehow the tragic loss of life in attempting to scale Everest comes with a strange, siren-like allure, continuing, as it does, to claim lives every year. At the time of writing, the death toll exceeds 212 lives, yet the allure never fades.
This is a good read for anyone interested in mountaineering history.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's a great pleasure to turn back in time. You realise that Mallory probably is the greatest explorer ever. He'll live for ever!
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