irvine, andrew

"Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition--and a . . . history of . . . adventure, . . . tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded"--Provided by publisher.

On June 8, 1924, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine disappeared into the mists of history on Mount Everest. In 1999, Mallory's body was found high on the mountain and Irvine's body is believed to still be up there. Graham Hoyland's 1993 climb led to the discovery of Mallory's body.

Reconstructs the final effort of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1924, a climb in which they both died; and tells the story of the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition of 1999 in which climbers found Mallory's body and attempted to discover whether the 1924 team had ever made it to the top.