Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain - Mick Conefrey

Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain - Mick ConefreyThough it remains by far the world's most famous mountain, in recent years Everest's reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers on the Lhotse Face, lurid tales of frozen corpses and piles of high altitude trash. It wasn't always like this though. Once Everest was remote and inaccessible, a mysterious place, where only the bravest and most heroic dared to tread. The first attempt on Everest in 1922 by George Leigh Mallory and a

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