The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest Review
I have always enjoyed reading non-fiction and especially those concerning exploration. I found "The Lost Explorer" exactly as I anticipated. It was full of information and anticipation, even though I read it many years after George Mallory was found, I still was spellbound on every page. Well written and well researched by the actual finder of George Mallory!
The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest Overview
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.
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