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The Lost Explorer : Finding Mallory On Mount Everest by Conrad Anker; David Roberts is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Lost Explorer : Finding Mallory On Mount Everest about?

This is the adventure story of the year -- how Conrad Anker found the body of George Mallory on Mount Everest, casting an entirely new light on the mystery of the explorer who may have conquered Everest seventy-five years ago. On June 8, 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew'Sandy'Irvine were last seen climbing toward the summit of Mount Everest. Clouds soon closed around them, and they vanished into history. Ever since, mountaineers have wondered whether they reached the summit twenty-nine years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. On May 1, 1999, Conrad Anker, one of the world's strongest mountaineers, discovered Mallory's body lying facedown, frozen into the scree and naturally mummified at 27,000 feet on Everest's north face. The condition of the body, as well as the artifacts found with Mallory, including goggles, an altimeter, and a carefully wrapped bundle of personal letters, are important clues in determining his fate. Seventeen days later, Anker free-climbed the Second Step, a 90-foot sheer cliff that is the single hardest obstacle on the north ridge. The first expedition known to have conquered the Second Step, a Chinese team in 1975, had tied a ladder to the cliff,

Who reads The Lost Explorer : Finding Mallory On Mount Everest?

Author

Conrad Anker; David Roberts

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780684871516

Category

history

Subjects

Adventure, Sports, Anthropology

Rating

3.93 / 5 (51 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13