Last Hours on Everest: The gripping story of Mallory and Irvine’s fatal ascent

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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