THE LOST EXPLORER : Finding Mallory on Mount Everest : Audiobook, 4 Cassettes

New York, NY: Audioworks/Simon & Schuster Audio Division, 1999. Boxed Set/4 Audio Cassettes . Boxed Set/4 Audio Cassettes. New/None as Issued. BOXED SET/FULL SET/4 AUDIO CASSETTES. Cassettes/BRAND NEW. Box/VG; sound & intact, but shelf-worn.. This audio presentation is an abridgement ot The Lost Explorer (published 1999); read by Jeffrey Demunn & Michale McClone, w/an introduction of David Roberts. R running time approx. 4.5 hours. An account of American mountaineer Conrad Anker's (1962 -) discovery of the body of George Mallory on Mount Everest, and, 17 days later to become a first to conquer the Second Step on the North Ridge. It was June 8, 1924 that British mountaineer George Leigh Mallory (1886 - 1924) and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine were last seen when they were but some 800 feet short of the summit of Mount Everest. Many long wondered might the two have reached the summit before the ascent of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay? This is an audio account of Anker's finding Mallory's remains May 1st, 1999. The naturally mummified body was found at 27,000 feet on Everest's north face with telling clues to his last moments including goggles in the pocket, an altimeter, and a wrapped bundle of personal letters. Memoir and biography of two outstanding mountaineers.