Everest 24: New Views on the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition - Couverture rigide

Tenzing, Norbu; Rae, Eugene; Parker, Katherine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 173979883X ISBN 13 : 9781739798833

Editeur : Riverside Press, 2024

Synopsis

'This is a book to be awed by.' – Daily Mail

In 1924, the British Mount Everest Expedition led by George Mallory set out to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak. In 2024, documentaries and exhibitions – some sponsored, like the original climb, by the Royal Geographical Society – will commemorate the 100th anniversary of this famous adventure.

Everest 24, published with the RGS, presents a newly curated portfolio of images from the expedition and those that preceded it. These include John B. Noel’s hand-coloured lantern slides and film stills; retouched black-and-white photographs; artefacts discovered on George Mallory’s body in 1999; mountain cartography; and the original expedition correspondence.

The book casts new light on this exceptional archive through ‘from the collection’ features; and narrates the story of Mallory and ‘Sandy’ Irvine’s final 24 hours and the enduring mystery of whether they reached the summit. It presents commissioned essays from leading authorities who consider new views on Everest; restore the forgotten voices of the Indigenous participants; and provide fresh perspectives on the cultural and ecological meanings of the mountain, and the urge to ‘conquer’ uncharted worlds.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Norbu Tenzing is Vice President of the American Himalayan Foundation and son of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first to summit everest in 1953.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Riverside Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 173979883X
• ISBN 13: 9781739798833
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible