The third pole : mystery, obsession, and death on Mount Everest
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Published
[New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021].
Physical Desc
xviii, 429 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Status
Biography - Adult Books
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Description and travel.
Irvine, Andrew, -- 1902-1924.
Mallory, George, -- 1886-1924.
Mount Everest Expedition -- (1924)
Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History.
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineers -- Great Britain.
Mountaineers -- United States.
Ozturk, Renan, -- 1980-
Synnott, Mark.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Description and travel.
Irvine, Andrew, -- 1902-1924.
Mallory, George, -- 1886-1924.
Mount Everest Expedition -- (1924)
Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History.
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineers -- Great Britain.
Mountaineers -- United States.
Ozturk, Renan, -- 1980-
Synnott, Mark.
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Published
[New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"A portion of this work was originally published in the July 2020 issue of 'National Geographic'--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
A hundred-year mystery lured veteran climber Mark Synnott, along with his friend Renan Ozturk, a filmmaker using drones, into an unlikely expedition up Mount Everest during the spring 2019 season that came to be known as "the Year Everest Broke." What he found was a gripping human story of impassioned characters from around the globe and a mountain that will consume your soul--and your life--if you let it. The mystery? On June 8, 1924, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine set out to stand on the roof of the world, where no one had stood before. They were last seen eight hundred feet shy of Everest's summit still "going strong" for the top. Could they have succeeded decades before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay? -- adapted from inside front jacket flap.
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"Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition--and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded"--,Provided by publisher.
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