{"product_id":"fallen-everest-and-the-enigma-of-george-mallory","title":"Fallen: Everest and the Enigma of George Mallory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mick Conefrey's \u003ci\u003eFalle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003en\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvellously researched and written story about the enigma of George Mallory and the fulfilment of his \"Because it's there!\"' Peter Hillary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mick Conefrey's gripping account explores the 1924 expedition and the enigma of the man \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewho nearly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emade it to the summit.' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mick Conefrey has become one of our finest gazetteers of the Himalaya.' \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years following his disappearance, George Mallory was elevated into an all-British hero - handsome, charismatic and daring, he was the 'Galahad' of Everest, who had died while taking on the ultimate challenge. But he was also a risk taker who could never get behind the wheel of a car without overtaking the vehicle in front; a climber who pushed himself and those around him to the limits; and a chaotic technophobe who was forever losing equipment or mishandling it, putting himself and his colleagues in danger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on diaries, letters, memoirs and thousands of contemporary documents, \u003ci\u003eFallen\u003c\/i\u003e is a forensic account of Mallory's last expedition to Everest in 1924, as well as an attempt to get to know the real Mallory; to get under his skin, understand the forces that made him and destroyed him and separate the man from the myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 352 pages | Published June 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63996959916381,"sku":"9781838959814","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781838959814.jpg?v=1774583272","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/fallen-everest-and-the-enigma-of-george-mallory","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}