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The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory On Mt. Everest (2001)

The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest (2001)

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0684871521 (ISBN13: 9780684871523)
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The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest by Conrad Anker and David Roberts (Simon & Schuster 1999) (796.522). This is one of the most exciting books I've read about Mount Everest. Conrad Anker is a legendary Alpine climber. This is the story of an expedition to Everest in 1999 for the express purpose of attempting to find the body of George Mallory, a British climber who with his climbing partner Sandy Irvine, disappeared in 1924 while attempting to become the first humans to stand on the summit of Everest. Mallory and Irvine were last spotted at approximately 800 feet below the summit when clouds rolled in and the view of the climbers disappeared. The question that has captivated climbers since 1924: Did Mallory and Irvine make the summit? Did they fall on the way to the summit or on the way down? That's what the 1999 team hoped to discover. The 1999 team proposed to carry out the first systematic search for Mallory and Irvine based on the existing clues as well as Everest's topography. Miraculously, Conrad Anker did in fact locate Mallory's body, but there was no indication whether they had reached the summit prior to falling. In the last chaptet, Conrad Anker presents a well-reasoned and cogent argument that the 1924 expedition did not reach the summit of Everest. I think he's right. What do you think? My rating: 7.5/10, finished 4/13/15. (My copy: McKay's Used Books 4/10/15, like new, $1.50 (HB)).

I'm an armchair mountaineering enthusiast--I could ever actually climb because of my asthma. While I have as many misgivings about the commercialization of Everest as the next concerned individual, George Mallory's story has always fascinated me. He was a man with unbridled charisma and determination.Did he truly reach the summit? The romantic in me wants to think yes, but realistically the odds were against him. Hearing how he was found first-hand was haunting. The book was rather short, with first-hand accounts interchanging with history, but I couldn't put it down.

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I really enjoyed this book. It was very fascinating to learn about the discovery of Mallory, albeit I also feel that some lines may have been crossed vis-a-vis the inspection of the body. It's a very fine line. Certainly any mountaineer (or non-mountaineering mountaineering enthusiasts such as myself) would be curious to know whether Mallory and Irvine ever reached the top, and surely the belongings on Mallory's person were the last and really only evidence available to reach that conclusion. Th
—Lindsay Anne

I am completely blown away by the achievements of this great mountaineer. This is an account of extreme bravery, fortitude, and mettle that most ordinary people cannot even fathom. I am mystified by what drives some humans to such levels of obsession for a prize that is so abstract. Was it really just "Because, it's there" or was there a fierce ambition and arrogance beneath the calm and genteel exterior of Mallory or was it sheer passion? It was fascinating to read this as the writing of the person who found the body of Mallory. The book is well compiled. The chapters alternate between the writings of the two authors, one giving the historical details from the 1920s and the other giving factual details of the expedition that found the body of Mallory in 1999. For someone like me who didn't know much before, the book is also of a good size to learn the facts without being overwhelmed. However, I felt that both authors said too much about the group that found Mallory's body, sounding vainglorious at times, seeming to emphasize on how great Anker is. Anyone reading the book cares much more about the Mallory/Irvine story. I was also bothered by Anker's confident and smug justification on why Mallory couldn't have reached the top. It was also disturbing how Anker kept comparing himself to Mallory. Of course, the smugness of these modern climbers just makes me adore Mallory even more.
—Somantika

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