His body was found 80 years later but his sotry still continues to fascinate people. Graham Hoyland is the author of Merlin, Yeti, Walking Through Spring and Last Hours on. There have been many books written about the man and the expeditions he took part in. Graham Hoyland: Author, Mountaineer, Sailor. In his day it was very much a case of reconnaissance and mapping uncharted territory prior to attempting a route up, with what would appear now as relatively rudimentary equipment, although in the later expedition it did include oxygen. Now the route to Kathmandu is considerably easier and from there commercial expeditions will guide you (they won't do the walking for you) up Mount Everest.

Wherever possible the book links below should lead to pages giving the option of Hardcover / Paperback / Kindle Editionīetween 19 George Leigh Mallory visited Everest three times in itself no mean feat, in the days of 'slow travel'.If you would like to retrace his footsteps, challenge yourself to climb the highest mountain in the world or simply discover more about this most compelling individual then here we have a list of key books and guides.Unless by 'there' he meant lodged in his mind, because Everest was there and remained there until he died alongside Sandy Irvine, not too far below the summit, in 1924. Robertsons biography of George Mallory first published in 1969 apart from a novel entitled Death on Everest by Graham Hoyland. This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. A former BBC Radio 4 producer of history and exploration programmes, he was the 15th Briton to climb Everest and also writes regularly for the Independent. It is mildly flippant and does not seem to justify the kind of single-minded focus he had on this tallest of mountains. Graham Hoyland’s Last Hours on Everest explored his discovery of George Mallory’s fate in a similarly discursive way. When talking of him people often bring out his famous line about climbing Everest 'Because its there', which was probably a throwaway comment to some journalist. The story of George Mallory is one of obsession.

Last Hours on Everest by Graham Hoyland