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The Third Pole

Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest

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The Third Pole

Auteur(s): Mark Synnott
Narrateur(s): Steve Campbell
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 *One of the 57 Most Anticipated Books Of 2021—Elle

Shivering, exhausted, gasping for oxygen, beyond doubt . . .

A hundred-year mystery lured veteran climber Mark Synnott into an unlikely expedition up Mount Everest during the spring 2019 season that came to be known as “the Year Everest Broke.” What he found was a gripping human story of impassioned characters from around the globe and a mountain that will consume your soul—and your life—if you let it.

The mystery? On June 8, 1924, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine set out to stand on the roof of the world, where no one had stood before. They were last seen eight hundred feet shy of Everest’s summit still “going strong” for the top. Could they have succeeded decades before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay? Irvine is believed to have carried a Kodak camera with him to record their attempt, but it, along with his body, had never been found. Did the frozen film in that camera have a photograph of Mallory and Irvine on the summit before they disappeared into the clouds, never to be seen again? Kodak says the film might still be viable. . . .

Mark Synnott made his own ascent up the infamous North Face along with his friend Renan Ozturk, a filmmaker using drones higher than any had previously flown. Readers witness first-hand how Synnott’s quest led him from oxygen-deprivation training to archives and museums in England, to Kathmandu, the Tibetan high plateau, and up the North Face into a massive storm. The infamous traffic jams of climbers at the very summit immediately resulted in tragic deaths. Sherpas revolted. Chinese officials turned on Synnott’s team. An Indian woman miraculously crawled her way to frostbitten survival. Synnott himself went off the safety rope—one slip and no one would have been able to save him—committed to solving the mystery.

Eleven climbers died on Everest that season, all of them mesmerized by an irresistible magic. The Third Pole is a rapidly accelerating ride to the limitless joy and horror of human obsession.

*This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF containing maps, notes on sources, and acknowledgments from the printed book. Monde Plein air et nature Voyage et aventure Fiction Aventure Technologie Chine Sports Suspense
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suspenseful, full of great knowledge and facts about the history of Everest. I learned so much. I'm a believer now.

great

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very captivating and interesting story! I loved how Synnot took the time to dive into the people of Everest while weaving in the History of those first expeditions. Worth the read!

Full of live and lives lived!

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One of the most interesting books on Everest I have read. I liked the quest to answer questions about what happened to George Mallory on his final climb of Mount Everest, from which he never returned. The author’s ambitious quest to try to locate Mallory’s camera, on Everest, made for quite the storyline. I liked how he wove his climb, Mallory’s climb and the history of climbing and the sherpas together, a good listen.

Very good

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Synnott takes many deviations off from the primary narrative, which makes for easy listening and interesting offshoots. He discusses topics events that you are likely familiar with from other mountain literature, but doesn’t dive too deeply into these, so most of the content is new (to me anyway). There are a number of interesting mini-biopics along the way.

Broad and easy to listen to

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I have been fascinated by the story all my life and the mystique of Everest. I attended a talk by Canadian Laurie Skreslet who climbed it in 1982 and it further secured its lock on my. The story is well told weaving history of the 1924 Mallory/Irvine attempt and the recent trip to attempt to decode that history. I loved it and almost could stop listening each day. What is the digital equivalent to a “page turner”.

Mystery Partially Solved

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