《The second death of George Mallory》是St. Martin's Press出版的圖書，作者是Messner, Reinhold
基本介紹
- 中文名：The second death of George Mallory
- 作者：Messner, Reinhold
- 出版社：St. Martin's Press
- 出版時間：2001年
- 頁數：205 頁
- ISBN：9780312268060
內容簡介
The world's greatest living climber hauntingly evokes the vision and voice of his legendary predecessorWhen he was a child Reinhold Messner's mother read him stories about George Mallory and Andrew Irvine; their heroic attempt to scale the world's tallest peak in 1924 inspired his own exploits. To Messner, Mallory was a climber of the purest order, and his final ascent a work o...(展開全部) The world's greatest living climber hauntingly evokes the vision and voice of his legendary predecessorWhen he was a child Reinhold Messner's mother read him stories about George Mallory and Andrew Irvine; their heroic attempt to scale the world's tallest peak in 1924 inspired his own exploits. To Messner, Mallory was a climber of the purest order, and his final ascent a work of genius, beauty, and unparalleled courage. Though Mallory's remains were discovered in 1999, the question of whether or not he made it to the top of Everest remains unanswered. But Messner believes that though we have found Mallory's bones we have lost the spirit of amateur adventure that pushed him inexorably higher. The Second Death of George Mallory is both an investigation into the death of Mallory and a deeply felt homage -- to a mountain, to the spirit of an age, and to the man who inspired so many others to follow in his footsteps. Terms of use Enriched Content Provided by Syndetics
