My name is Brian Jarrett and I'm a computer programmer and 
Anyone who’s visited my site probably knows of my fascination with the disappearance of Mallory and Irvine on Everest in 1924. I’d been watching the production of this film for a while and I luckily caught this the last night they were showing it in the theatre in St. Louis. Being as familiar with the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mount everest’
The Wildest Dream
Posted: 9th September 2010 by Brian in MoviesTags: andrew irvine, conrad anker, george mallory, leo holding, mount everest
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The Fall of George Mallory
Posted: 7th April 2009 by Brian in Other InterestsTags: gatsby's american dream, george mallory, mallory & irvine, mount everest
I ran across a song titled The Fall of George Mallory, written by a band called Gatsby’s American Dream. Having such an interest in the disappearance and legend of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine I thought I’d post the lyrics here. The story has also inspired me in many ways. And the birds eat your [...]
Last Climb
Posted: 17th February 2009 by Brian in Other InterestsTags: andrew irvine, audrey salkeld, david breashears, george mallory, last climb, mallory & irvine, mount everest
About a month or so ago I finished a really great book about the British Everest expeditions of 1921, 1922, and 1924 called “Last Climb”, written by David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld. As you might already know, the 1924 expedition took the lives of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine when they were lost on Everest [...]
Mallory & Irvine: Lost on Everest
Posted: 2nd May 2008 by Brian in Other InterestsTags: andrew irvine, conrad anker, edmund hillary, gareth thomas, george mallory, jake norton, jochen hemmleb, mallory & irvine, mount everest, noel odell, tenzing norgay
On June 8, 1924 British mountain climber George Mallory, along with his young climbing partner Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, disappeared during their attempt to be the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Twenty nine years later Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay successfully conquered the summit of Everest and are considered to be the [...]
