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by Reinhold Messner (Author) "FIFTY YEARS AGO, when I was a young boy, my mother read to me about George L. Mallory and Andrew Irvine ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.; New edition edition (20 Sep 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0312270755
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312270759
  • Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 15 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 610,876 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"[A] passionate telling of man's quest for the summit."--"Rocky Mountain News"
"Like a detective, Reinhold Messner studies all angles of Mallory's final climb in 1924 and comes up with conclusions that honor the subject, and both move and enlighten the reader."--Paul Pritchard, author of "The Totem Pole: And a Whole New Adventure "and two-time winner of the Boardman Tasker Award
"[A] compelling book that conveys the dangers, frustrations and exhilaration of high-altitude mountaineering . . . Messner expertly leads readers on a thrilling expedition into a freezing, treacherous world."--"Tampa Tribune"
"This tribute will resonate most strongly with veteran climbers, but even armchair enthusiasts will be gripped by Messner's seductive and uplifting narrative."--"Publishers Weekly"
"An utterly engrossing portrait of a climber and a spirit no longer with us." --"Booklist"


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As a child, Reinhold Messner's mother read him stories about George Mallory and a fellow climber Andrew Irvine; their heroic and tragic attempt to scale the world's tallest peak in 1924 inspired his own unequalled exploits in the Himalayas. To Messner, Mallory was a climber of the purest order, and his final ascent a work of genius, beauty and unparalleled courage. Mallory's disappearance haunted and inspired the imagination. Though Mallory's remains were discovered in 1999, the question of whether or not he made it to the top of Everest remains unanswered. Moreover, believes Messner, though we have found Mallory's bones, we have lost or destroyed the spirit of amateur adventure that pushed him inexorably higher. Today, climbing Everest has become a mundane media event involving sophisticated equipment and corporate funding. "The Second Death of George Mallory" is both an investigation into his death and a deeply felt homage - to a mountain, to the spirit of an age and to the man who inspired those who followed in his footsteps.

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3.0 out of 5 stars One legend on another, 27 Jul 2006
By M. R. Grange "MatteusTI" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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In this strange little book the Tyrolean climbing legend and prolific author Reinhold Messner describes and imagines the three major British Everest expeditions that took place between 1921-24, culminating in the summit attempt and subsequent disappearance of Mallory and Irvine. Messner uses journal accounts, his own descriptions and finally and most curiously, his 'voice of Mallory', his imagining of what his long-dead hero would be thinking. Somehow, despite a lot of fairly dry and humdrum prose about establishing tents and carrying supplies, it works quite well; some of the descriptions, particularly the first sighting of Everest by the expedition as it emerges from the mists, are evocative and spine-tingling. The whole book is suffused with a gentleman's quiet outrage at the rampant commercialism and lack of 'amateur spirit' shown by modern mountaineering (the 'second death' of the title), and tinged with tragedy and the thought that it is better to fail by fair means than to succeed by foul. Moving and interesting; undoubtedly there are broader and more accessible books to read about both Mallory and his expeditions, but this one sits well alongside those.
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