Everest 1922, los pioneros

Although it remains, without a doubt, the most famous mountain in the world, over the last few years Everest's reputation has changed radically. Currently, the overcrowding of its ascent, with long lines of climbers on the Lhotse Wall, the lurid stories of frozen corpses or the piles of garbage that accumulate at high altitude on the mountain, do not speak in its favor. But things have not always been this way. There was a time when Everest was a remote, inaccessible and mysterious place, where only the most daring and heroic men dared to set foot. Starring George Leigh Mallory and an English expedition team in 1922, the first attempt to climb Everest is an extraordinary story, brimming with controversy, drama and incident, by a cast of exceptional characters worthy of an Indiana Jones movie. The expedition ended in tragedy when, on the third summit attempt, the group led by Mallory was hit by an avalanche that killed seven of his men. Mick Conefrey has been documented in diaries, letters and various stories, published and unpublished, to explore the motivations and personal dramas of its main protagonists, detail the vicissitudes that occurred behind the scenes, and discover the bitter rivalries that lay behind that epic adventure.