George Mallory's collected writings on his mountaineering - and his motivations. Famously impelled to climb Mount Everest simply because it was there, Mallory made three attempts to be the first to reach its summit, and perished on the third. His writing reveals the emotional life of the mountaineer. With eloquence, Mallory captures the struggles and the rewards involved, the climber's sense of triumph, and experiences of staggering beauty.The reader is Tim Pigott Smith.
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The extraordinary diaries of the celebrated mountaineer read by Tim Pigott Smith
As well as possessing prodigious powers of endurance, [Mallory] was also an excellent writer
The extraordinary diaries of the celebrated mountaineer read by Tim Pigott Smith

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781906147921
Publisert
2011-10-20
Utgiver
Vendor
CSA WORD
Vekt
149 gr
Høyde
147 mm
Bredde
125 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
LydCD

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Biographical note

George Mallory (1886-1924) was a British moutaineer who took part in the first two British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s.