Climbing Everest (Audio book) - The Writings of George Mallory

Informationen zum Autor George Mallory (1886-1924) was a British moutaineer who took part in the first two British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. Klappentext 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. Mallory captures the struggles and the rewards involved! the climber's sense of triumph! and experiences of staggering beauty. The extraordinary diaries of the celebrated mountaineer read by Tim Pigott Smith Zusammenfassung The extraordinary diaries of the celebrated mountaineer read by Tim Pigott Smith

Product details

• Authors: George Mallory
• Assisted by: Tim Piggot-Smith (Reader / Narrator), Tim Pigott-smith (Reader / Narrator), Pigott-Smith Tim (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: CD-Audio
• Released: 20.10.2011
• EAN: 9781906147921
• ISBN: 978-1-906147-92-1
• No. of pages: 5
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, SPORTS & RECREATION / Mountaineering, Memoirs, HISTORY / Essays, the Himalayas, History: specific events and topics, Climbing and mountaineering, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Himalayas, SPORTS & RECREATION / Rock Climbing