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Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance, 1921
by Charles Howard-Bury, George Mallory, A. F. R. (Alexander Frederick Richmond) Wollaston
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Project Gutenberg
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Produced by Jens Nordmann, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
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2012-04-10
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Public domain in the USA.
About the authors
Charles Howard-Bury
1881–1963
An Irish explorer, soldier, and writer, he is best remembered for leading the 1921 reconnaissance expedition that paved the way for later attempts on Mount Everest. His life mixed adventure, travel, and natural history in a way that still feels vivid today.
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George Mallory
1886–1924
Best known for his daring Everest expeditions, this English mountaineer became one of exploration’s enduring mysteries after disappearing high on the mountain in 1924. His mix of skill, ambition, and poetic feeling for wild places still captivates readers today.
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A. F. R. (Alexander Frederick Richmond) Wollaston
1875–1930
An English surgeon who traded a conventional career for a life of exploration, he became known for daring journeys in New Guinea and the high mountains of Central Asia. His writing blends scientific curiosity with the vivid, firsthand feel of travel at the edge of the known world.
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