I'm glad to hear that Anker knows that it is highly probable that Mallory and Irvine made it to the top and it appears that Sandy Irvine made it back. Conrad has really dug in that they did not in his first book. Then he could not free climb the 2nd step which po'ed him.
The Chinese found what could only have been Irvine's body and near the 2'd step they found a pole! I suspect that they have some gear and the camera.
Hemmlebb went to China and describes the visits in his Ghosts on Everest book; gives a lot of talks in Munich but my timing is always to miss them.
Didn't see miniseries!
The Chinese found what could only have been Irvine's body and near the 2'd step they found a pole! yeah, that is the body they were looking for when they found George. It has got to be in the same area, but without a low-snow year like they lucked into, they'll never find him.
I thought it was Irvine's ax that was found in the thirties near the 2nd step.
Conrad is a superhuman climber, or perhaps a better way to put it is that he is a climber who takes human potential to previously unheard of degrees of efficiency and effectiveness.
The Shackleton miniseries is available on DVD. That's how I saw it; I don't even own a TV. Might be a problem if you are in Europe. (DVD region crap).
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