The Everest Mystery: Sandy Irvine, George Mallory, and the Truth Still Buried on Everest by Summers, Julie
The Everest Mystery: Sandy Irvine, George Mallory, and the Truth Still Buried on Everest by Summers, Julie

The Everest Mystery: Sandy Irvine, George Mallory, and the Truth Still Buried on Everest

"Utterly captivating...everyone will be riveted by the personalities, the constraints of their era, and the courage and...
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Author: Julie Summers
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Language: English
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The Everest Mystery: Sandy Irvine, George Mallory, and the Truth Still Buried on Everest by Summers, Julie

The Everest Mystery: Sandy Irvine, George Mallory, and the Truth Still Buried on Everest

$37.20
The Everest Mystery: Sandy Irvine, George Mallory, and the Truth Still Buried on Everest by Summers, Julie

The Everest Mystery: Sandy Irvine, George Mallory, and the Truth Still Buried on Everest

$37.20
Author: Julie Summers
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"Utterly captivating...everyone will be riveted by the personalities, the constraints of their era, and the courage and ingenuity they ultimately brought to it, whether or not they succeeded." --Booklist (starred)

"Gripping...Recommended for those with an interest in exploration history, as well as those drawn to enduring historical mysteries." --Library Journal

The unsolved mysteries of George Mallory, Sandy Irvine, and their legendary 1924 Everest expedition

There is no mystery more compelling in the history of mountaineering than the disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine close to the summit of Mount Everest on June 8, 1924. Over 100 years after they were last seen 'going strong for the top, ' the question of exactly what happened to them on that fateful day has not been answered.

George Mallory's frozen remains were discovered in 1999. But in September 2024, a climber found an old boot lying out in the open on the Central Rongbuk Glacier on Mount Everest, several miles from where Mallory lay. The boot contained a foot, and a sock bearing a nametape spelled out in red: A.C. IRVINE.

Did Mallory and Irvine reach the summit--becoming the first to do so--or did they perish while ascending? What happened to the camera that Irvine may have carried, which would have documented their climb? Written by Julie Summers, Sandy Irvine's great-niece, and Jochen Hemmleb, the world's leading authority on the Mallory and Irvine Everest expedition, The Everest Mystery explores the life of Sandy Irvine, his relationship with George Mallory, and the many theories about what happened to them so close to the summit of Mount Everest. Above all, it restores Sandy Irvine to his rightful place in the great mystery of Everest 1924.

Author: Julie Summers,Jochen Hemmleb
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 08/25/2026
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781250460820


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2026 pg. 106
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2026
Publishers Weekly 06/01/2026
Booklist 07/01/2026

About the Author

Julie Summers is a biographer, historian and author of over a dozen works of non-fiction. She is Sandy Irvine's great-niece and the family spokesperson. In 2000 she published her biography, Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine. She lives in Oxford.

Jochen Hemmleb is the author of more than a dozen books about mountaineering history, including the award-winning Ghosts of Everest. Jochen was co-instigator and member of the "Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition" in 1999, which found the body of George Mallory, and took part in three more search expeditions for Sandy Irvine. He lives in Lana, northern Italy.
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