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While the quest for Mount Everest may have begun as a grand imperial gesture, it ended as a mission of revival for a country and a lost generation bled white by war. In a monumental work of history and adventure, Davis asks not whether George Mallory was the first to reach the summit of Everest, but rather why he kept climbing on that fateful day.
Trade review
Trade paperback. Looks at the life of George Mallory and that of his generation, through WWI and his attempts to climb Mount Everest. A monumental work of history and adventure, in which Davis asks why Mallory kept climbing on that fateful day. 'Wade Davis has penned an exceptional book on an extraordinary generation.' Joe Simpson
Synopsis
For George Mallory as for all of his generation, death was but 'a frail barrier that men crossed, smiling and gallant, every day'. As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war. What mattered now was how one lived, and the moments of being alive.
