Assault on Mount Everest, 1922

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Travel & Geography, Memoirs

Authors: Charles Granville Bruce, George Ingle Finch, Tom Longstaff, George Mallory, T. Howard Somervell, Francis Edward Younghusband In Year : 1923

Book Language: English

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Introduction by Sir Francis Younghusband
To the Base Camp by C. G. Bruce, Part 1
To the Base Camp by C. G. Bruce, Part 2
The Assault on the Mountain by C. G. Bruce, Part 1
The Assault on the Mountain by C. G. Bruce, Part 2
The Return by Kharta by C. G. Bruce, Part 1
The Return by Kharta by C. G. Bruce, Part 2
The Return by Kharta by C. G. Bruce, Part 3
The Problem by George Mallory, Part 1
The Problem by George Mallory, Part 2
The Highest Camp by George Mallory, Part 1
The Highest Camp by George Mallory, Part 2
The Highest Point by George Mallory, Part 1
The Highest Point by George Mallory, Part 2
The Highest Point by George Mallory, Part 3
The Second Attempt by George Finch, Part 1
The Second Attempt by George Finch, Part 2
Conclusions by George Finch
Notes on Equipment by George Finch
The Third Attempt by George Mallory
Conclusions by George Mallory
Acclimatisation at High Altitudes by T. Howard Somervell
Colour in Tibet by T. Howard Somervell
Tibetan Culture by T. Howard Somervell
Natural History by Dr. T. G. Longstaff

Personal narratives of climbing Mount Everest in 1922-1923. The expeditions did not reach the summit. The northern approach to the mountain was discovered by George Mallory and Guy Bullock on the initial 1921 British Reconnaissance Expedition. It was an exploratory expedition not equipped for a serious attempt to climb the mountain. With Mallory leading (and thus becoming the first European to set foot on Everest's flanks) they climbed the North Col to an altitude of 7,005 metres (22,982 ft). From there, Mallory espied a route to the top, but the party was unprepared for the great task of climbing any further and descended. The British returned for a 1922 expedition. George Finch climbed using oxygen for the first time. He ascended at a remarkable speed—290 metres (951 ft) per hour, and reached an altitude of 8,320 m (27,300 ft), the first time a human reported to climb higher than 8,000 m. Mallory and Col. Felix Norton made a second unsuccessful attempt. Mallory was faulted for leading a group down from the North Col which got caught in an avalanche. Mallory was pulled down too but survived. Seven native porters were killed. - Summary by Wikipedia