Climbing Everest—The Writings of George Mallory

These are George Mallory's collected writings on his mountaineering, and his motivations. Famously impelled to climb Mount Everest simply because it was there, Mallory made three attempts to be the first to reach its summit, and perished on the third. His writing reveals the emotional life of the mountaineer. With eloquence, Mallory captures the struggles and the rewards involved, the climber's sense of triumph, and experiences of staggering beauty. This collection also includes a contribution and summing up from Peter Gillman, the author of Everest: Eighty Years of Triumph and Tragedy and The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory. Unabridged.

George Mallory (1886-1924) was a mountaineer who took part in the first two British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. Tim Pigott-Smith is a noted actor who has appeared in such films as Alexander, Gangs of New York, The Remains of the Day, and V for Vendetta.