The second British expedition to Everest marched across Tibet to the Rongbuk Glacier and made the first serious attempts on the summit. Bruce, its leader, tells the overall story, while George Mallory, George Finch, Howard Somervell and Tom Longstaff describe the climbs, the use of oxygen and the avalanche that killed seven porters.
A first-hand account of the early Everest expeditions, two years before Mallory vanished on the mountain. Download the free EPUB.