The Assault on Mount Everest: The original account of the 1922 Mallory attempt to climb Everest

by Charles Granville Bruce, Francis Younghusband, George Mallory

Expeditionary Charles Granville Bruce, brigadier-general and president of the Alpine Club, led this first British ascent with the mission to summit Everest. With him was George Mallory, who had participated in the reconnaissance mapping mission to Everest in 1921. A year later, with a total of 160 men, theirs was the first expedition to use bottled oxygen; their equipment and clothing were crude, even suicidal, by modern standards; yet their daring, tenacity, and careful records paved the way for all future endeavors to summit the world's tallest mountain.

Genres: Mountaineering

322 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1922

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading several books about modern expeditions to Mt Everest, this account is extraordinary. The teams reach 27,000 feet and fail to make the peak. However, the account of the journey is so uncomplaining and so unbelievably positive. When thinking of the equipment, the clothing, the heavier oxygen apparatus, the rudimentary food stuffs - it boggles the mind!

I thoroughly enjoyed these recollections.

[Derek · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are interested in Mount Everest this is another nice addition to the lore. I liked reading about the journey and struggles of trying to climb Mount Everest a century ago

It's a little slow but I liked it a lot.

Thanks again to project Gutenberg.

[Chris Schaffer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good, some funny anecdotes about how the British like their tea even way up in the Himalayan mountains.

[Richard Potenza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting background about the initial attempt to climb to the peak of Mount Everest in 1922. Various members of the climbing party record their experiences. Discussion includes interaction with the locals, climbing gear, plotting out routes of attack, terrain, flora and fauna. Chauvinistically English perspective on everything, as if the English are the only nationality capable of attempting this adventure.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting read about the attempt to reach the summit and top of Mt Everest.

[Sharon McNeil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written in the 1920s about the 1922 Everest expedition. Language a bit formal..... but good info.