THE LOST EXPLORER Conrad Anker & David Roberts - Finding Mallory on Everest (Nepal)

THE LOST EXPLORER: the extraordinary story of how Conrad Aaker found the body of George Mallory on Mount Everest casting new light on a 75-year-old mystery. This book is quite hard to find.

USED BOOK IN GOOD, AGING CONDITION: showing age but a good reading copy of a scarce book; clean cover with some light reading creases and general reading wear; pages are clean and tanning with age; some light age spotting to extremities; excellent binding with no spine creases. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

PUBLISHER'S BLURB: In 1999, Conrad Anker found the body of George Mallory on Mount Everest, casting an entirely new light on the mystery of the lost explorer. On 8 June 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine were last seen climbing towards the summit of Everest. The clouds closed around them and they were lost to history, leaving the world to wonder whether or not they actually reached the summit - some 29 years before Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay. On 1 May 1999, Conrad Anker, one of the world's foremost mountaineers, made the momentous discovery - Mallory's body, lying frozen into the scree at 27,000 feet on Everest's north face. Recounting this day, the authors go on to assess the clues provided by the body, its position, and the possibility that Mallory had successfully climbed the Second Step, a 90-foot sheer cliff that is the single hardest obstacle on the north face. This is a remarkable story of a charming and immensely able man, told by an equally talented modern climber.

Book Details

Code: SKU2135

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 191

Published: 1999 by Constable & Robinson, London

ISBN: 1841192112

Postage: FREE! (Posted as a letter)

Price: AUD $10.00