The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the
closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years,
until 1921, was 40 miles. The Hunt for Mt. Everest tells the story
of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain. It's a
tale of high drama, of larger-than-life characters-George Everest,
Francis Younghusband, George Mallory, Lord Curzon, Edward
Whymper-and a few quiet heroes: Alexander Kellas, the 13th Dalai
Lama, Charles Bell. A story that traverses the Alps, the Himalayas,
Nepal and Tibet, the British Empire (especially British India and
the Raj), the Anglo-Russian rivalry known as The Great Game, the
disastrous First Afghan War, and the phenomenal Survey of India -
it is far bigger than simply the tallest mountain in the world.
Encountering spies, war, political intrigues, and hundreds of
mules, camels, bullocks, yaks, and two zebrules, Craig Storti
uncovers the fascinating and still largely overlooked saga of all
that led up to that moment in late June of 1921 when two English
climbers, George Mallory and Guy Bullock, became the first
westerners-and almost certainly the first human beings-to set foot
on Mt. Everest and thereby claimed the last remaining major prize
in the history of exploration. With 2021 bringing the 100th
anniversary of that year, most Everest chronicles have dealt with
the climbing history of the mountain, with all that happened after
1921. The Hunt for Mt. Everest is the seldom-told story of all that
happened before.
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