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Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine

Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine

Julie Summers
Julie Summers investigates the life of Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine, who disappeared with George Mallory near the summit of Everest in 1924. Did they summit? The question remains open. Summers builds the portrait of a young man who walked into clouds and never came back.
Mountains & Climbing Biography Himalaya
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Publisher Mountaineer Books
Published 2001
Related Wild Words
basin and range cirque  SIRK isothermic eye-so-THER-mik lahar LAH-har foehn  FURN (German); FAYN (anglicized) tramontane  trah-mon-TAHN
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