Last hours on Everest : the gripping story of Mallory & Irvine's fatal ascent
Hoyland, Graham.
Paper Book
Dawn broke fine on that fatal day. A couple of thousand feet above the tiny canvas tent the summit of the world''s highest mountain stood impassively, waiting for someone to have the courage to approach. Inside the ice-crusted shelter, two forms lay still as death. Then there was a groan,...