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Fallen

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'Mick Conefrey's Fallen is a marvellously researched and written story about the enigma of George Mallory and the fulfilment of his "Because it's there!"' Peter...



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    N9179720007

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‘Mick Conefrey’s Fallen is a marvellously researched and written story about the enigma of George Mallory and the fulfilment of his “Because it’s there!”‘ Peter Hillary’Mick Conefrey’s gripping account explores the 1924 expedition and the enigma of the man who nearly made it to the summit.’ Financial Times’Mick Conefrey has become one of our finest gazetteers of the Himalaya.’ The SpectatorOn 6 June, 1924 George Mallory donned an oxygen set and set off for the summit of Everest with his young partner Andrew Irvine. Two days later they were glimpsed through clouds heading upwards, but after that they were never seen again. Whether they died on the way up or on the way down no one knows.In the years following his disappearance, Mallory was elevated into an all-British hero. Dubbed by his friends the ‘Galahad’ of Everest, he was lionised in the press as the greatest mountaineer of his generation who had died while taking on the ultimate challenge. Handso

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