Last Hours on Everest: The gripping story of Mallory and Irvine’s fatal ascent
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Graham Hoyland. Last Hours on Everest: The gripping story of Mallory and Irvine’s fatal ascent
Contents
Preface
Prologue
1. Start of an Obsession
2. Getting the Measure of the Mountain
3. Renaissance Men
4. Galahad of Everest
5. The Reconnaissance of 1921
6. The Expedition of 1922
7. 1922, and the First Attempt to Climb Mount Everest
8 ‘No trace can be found, given up hope …’
9. A Pilgrim’s Progress
10. John Hoyland and a New Clue
11. I First Set Eyes on Mount Everest
12. High Mountains, Cold Seas
13. The Finding of Mallory’s Body
14. When Did Everest Get So Easy?
15. Why Do You Climb?
16. What Does Mount Everest Mean?
17. The Theorists and Their Theories
18. Wearing Some Old Clothes
19. Perfect Weather for the Job
20. Utterly Impregnable
21. What Was in His Mind?
22. Weighing the Evidence
Reliable evidence:
Less reliable evidence:
23. The Last Hours
Postscript: Goodbye to Everest
Chronology. 1802
1846–52
1854
1854
1857
1865
1886
1890
1903–04
1912
1914
1915
1921
1922
1924
1924, 8 June
1933
1934
1953
1960
1975
1979
1980
1990
1993, 6 October
1998
1999
2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2011
2007
2009
Notes. chapter 1: Start of an Obsession
chapter 2: Getting the Measure of the Mountain
chapter 3: Renaissance Men
chapter 4: Galahad of Everest
chapter 5: The Reconnaissance of 1921
chapter 6: The Expedition of 1922
chapter 7: 1922, and the First Attempt to Climb Mount Everest
chapter 8: ‘No trace can be found, given up hope …’
chapter 9: A Pilgrim’s Progress
chapter 10: John Hoyland and a New Clue
chapter 11: I First Set Eyes on Mount Everest
chapter 12: High Mountains, Cold Seas
chapter 13: The Finding of Mallory’s Body
chapter 14: When Did Everest Get So Easy?
chapter 15: Why Do You Climb?
chapter 16: What Does Mount Everest Mean?
chapter 17: The Theorists and Their Theories
chapter 18: Wearing Some Old Clothes
chapter 19: Perfect Weather for the Job
chapter 20: Utterly Impregnable
chapter 21: What Was in His Mind?
chapter 22: Weighing the Evidence
postscript: Goodbye to Everest
Credits. Text
Plates
Acknowledgements
Picture Section
About the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
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Cover
Title Page
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Copyright
About the Publisher
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