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Fallen: George Mallory and the Tragic 1924 Everest Expedition by Mick Conefrey
Monday, September 23 through Friday, October 11, 2024
Read by Norman Gilliland
In the years following his disappearance near the summit of Mount Everest in June 1924 at the age of thirty-seven, George Mallory was elevated into a legendary international hero. Dubbed “the Galahad of Everest,” he was lionized by the media as the greatest mountaineer of his generation—a man who had died while taking the ultimate challenge. His body was only recovered in 1999 and there is still speculation about whether he made it to the summit. Handsome, charismatic, and daring, Mallory was a skilled public speaker, athlete, technically-gifted climber, a committed Socialist, and a supremely attractive figure to both men and women. But that was only one side to him. Using diaries, letters, memoirs, and thousands of contemporary documents, Fallen is a gripping forensic investigation of Mallory’s last expedition that, at long last, separates the man from the myth.
(Pegasus Books; ISBN-10: 1639366350)
Theme: “Elibris (Dawn God Of Urardu)” Opus 50, Alan Hovhaness; Philharmonia Orchestra; David Amos, conductor; Christine Messiter, solo flute
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Fallen 13 Of 15 – Edmond Hillary Conquers The Southern Summit
Discovering the owner of the ice axe does not go any further in settling the debate about whether Mallory reached the summit. WWII brings an end to expeditions to summit […]
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Fallen 12 Of 15 – The Ice Axe
In 1932, a new British Expedition is authorized to attempt another Everest summit. On May 30, 1933, Percy Wyn-Harris and Lawrence Wager commence their summit attempt from Camp IV. After […]
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Fallen 11 Of 15 – Did They Or Didn’t They
Following the death of Mallory, the world grieves the man considered to be the “world’s greatest explorer” and almost immediately a growing clamor begins to learn if Mallory and Irvine […]
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Fallen 10 of 15 – The Third And Final Attempt
On June 6, 1924, Mallory, Irvine and eight porters set off from Camp V to attempt the final summit of the expedition. Their plan is to reach the summit and […]
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Fallen 9 of 15 – The First And Second Attempts
Mallory attempts to summit with Irvine, but fails. On June 1st, Mallory, Bruce and eight porters try to re-establish Camp IV and V. But sickness and exhaustion take their toll […]
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The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Monday, October 14 through Friday, November 1, 2024
Read by jim fleming
A strange man comes to stay at the “Coach and Horses” in Iping. The man is covered in bandages. The owner of the establishment, a Mrs. Hall, assumes the man was in an accident and is horribly disfigured and ashamed. But the bandages are hiding something much more sinister.
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