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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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Latest Episodes
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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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Fallen 8 of 15 – Crossing the North Col
Mallory and the Expedition team set off from Base Camp and soon re-establish Camp III. But the climb up to the North Col proves more perilous than expected.
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Fallen 7 of 15 – Retreat From Camp III
For two weeks the Expedition is delayed by cold, snow and illness, unable to make it past Camp III. With supplies dwindling and the Sherpa morale at rock bottom, the […]
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Fallen 6 of 15 – Crossing The Tibetan Plain
As the team crosses the Tibetan plain, they enlist the help of the Dalai Lama. Sickness, weather and the barren plateaus slow their progress. General Charles Bruce succumbs to malaria […]
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Fallen 5 of 15 – The Road To Everest
The team for the 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition is assembled and plans are underway. Mountaineers, an oxygen officer, a medical officer and a cinematographer all make their way to […]
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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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