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George Mallory
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"?Une masse triangulaire incongrue a surgi des profondeurs ; son côté se perdait dans les nuages. Très progressivement, nous avons vu apparaître les flancs d'une grande montagne, ses glaciers et ses arêtes, tantôt un éclat, tantôt un autre à travers les échancrures mouvantes, jusqu'à ce que, bien plus haut dans le ciel que ce que l'imagination avait osé suggérer, apparaisse le sommet blanc de l'Everest. C'était comme la création la plus folle d'un rêve.?"
En 1921, un homme marche vers l'Himalaya, fasciné. Il est le premier Occidental à approcher le plus haut sommet du monde, à le décrire, à le photographier, et à s'élever sur ses pentes. Cet homme, c'est George Mallory. Britannique, dandy, courageux dans l'effort et l'inconfort, il est alpiniste par passion, écrivain et artiste par vocation : "?Les alpinistes n'admettent aucune différence sur le plan émotionnel entre l'alpinisme et l'Art. Ils prétendent que quelque chose de sublime est l'essence même de l'alpinisme. Ils peuvent comparer l'appel des cimes à une mélodie merveilleuse, et la comparaison n'est pas ridicule.?"
Mallory écrivait. Ses textes racontent au plus intime ce que fut l'exploration exaltante de l'Everest jusqu'à ce 8 juin 1924 où il disparut sur les dernières pentes du Toit du monde, qu'il fut peut-être le premier à atteindre. Et où son corps momifié a été découvert le 1er mai 1999.
Tous les écrits de George Mallory sont rassemblés pour la première fois dans ces pages : textes de réflexion, récits d'ascension, lettres à sa femme Ruth, jusqu'au dernier message confié à un Sherpa...
Traduit de l'anglais par Charlie Buffet -
A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains.
On the 8th of June, 1924, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine were seen through a telescope on the upper slopes of Mount Everest. They were never seen alive again. In 1999, Mallory''s body was found below the ridge where he was last seen. In the 100 years since his disappearance, many words have been written about Mallory, but very little has ever been published of his own thoughts.
Letters from Everest is an eye opening set of personal letters from Mallory to his family, recently discovered hidden in a drawer. In the letters, Mallory is completely open about his life, his climbing and especially the three Everest Expeditions he was a part of - 1921, 1922 and the last in 1924. His writing is full of extraordinary insights - most of which have never been published in any form. They are a unique collection - an actual reflection, possibly the one and only, of the thoughts of a climbing legend who walked into history a century ago. -
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LETTERS FROM EVEREST ; UNPUBLISHED LETTERS FROM MALLORY'S LIFE AND DEATH IN THE MOUNTAINS
George Mallory
- William Collins
- 12 Mai 2025
- 9780008702915
''An extraordinary treasure trove'' Andrew Marr
A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains.
On the 8th of June, 1924, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine were seen through a telescope on the upper slopes of Mount Everest. They were never seen alive again. In 1999, Mallory''s body was found below the ridge where he was last seen. In the 100 years since his disappearance, many words have been written about Mallory, but very little has ever been published of his own thoughts.
Letters from Everest is an eye opening set of personal letters from Mallory to his family, collected and published for the first time by his great-nephew. In the letters, Mallory is completely open about his life, his climbing and especially the three Everest Expeditions he was a part of - 1921, 1922 and the last in 1924. His writing is full of extraordinary insights - most of which have never been published in any form. They are a unique collection - an actual reflection, possibly the one and only, of the thoughts of a climbing legend who walked into history a century ago.
