![]() ![]() ![]() War had direct impact on Everest experiences "If you really look at the age of these guys and their class you realize that the war had been the seminal experience of their lives," he told CTVNews.ca. While countless books have been written about those early assaults on Everest, few writers, if any, had delved into the life experiences that preceded the expedition members' arrival at Everest.īut Davis said he felt the two storylines were impossible to separate. In meticulous detail, Davis builds a biography for each of these men using journals, private letters, military records, memoirs and interviews to track their journey right up until they set foot on Everest, then follows them throughout their adventures in Tibet in 1921, 19. In the new book "Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest," Davis delves deeply into the military histories of the men who became the key players in the adventure story that captivated the Western world in the early part of last century. ![]() That's one of the fascinating revelations in a new book by Canadian anthropologist and explorer Wade Davis that traces the lives of the men who made the first three attempts on Everest. It was a little known but brilliant and tenacious Canadian who found the key to success on Mount Everest, not the legendary climber George Mallory. ![]()
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