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In the Footsteps of Mallory: A journey to the North Col of Everest    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 26110 words. Published on December 5, 2012. .

Mark Horrell wanted to see Everest from its Tibetan base camp, one of the most famous mountain views in the world, but he also wanted to climb a little higher up the mountain and have a sense of what it might have been like for George Mallory, the first explorer to climb it. This is the story of his expedition to over 7000m on the North Col of Everest.
After Everest: The Experiences of a Mountaineer and Medical Missionary    by T. Howard Somervell
Price: $1.25 USD. 100060 words. Published by JonesBooks on January 14, 2013. .

The memoir of the remarkable T. Howard Somervell, best known for his role in the British expeditions to climb Mount Everest in the 1920s, including the legendary second attempt during which George Mallory and Sandy Irvine vanished on their way to the peak. Somervell also recounts his early climbing days in Europe, the horrors of the front during WWI, and his medical work among the poor of India.