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Loading... Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine (2000)by Julie Summers
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The story of climber, Sandy Irvine, and the mystery of whether he and George Mallory reached the summit of Everest in 1924. Using letters and photographs the author, Irvine's great niece, shows that Irvine's determination to reach the summit, come what may, might have been their undoing. No library descriptions found. |
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Julie Summers is determined, and refreshingly unafraid, to show her great-uncle as a complete human being, so for the first time the reader learns of Sandy's affair with Marjory Summers, the step-mother of his best friend, Dick. Summers also clearly sets out Sandy's initial reactions of betrayal and jealousy when he first hears of Dick's engagement to his sister, Evelyn.
An important book which, to this reader at least, ensures that Andrew Irvine will be much more than Mallory's inexperienced protégé. ( )