 I incline to the view first expressed, that they met their death by being benighted. I know that Mallory had stated he would take no risks in any attempt on the final peak ; but in action the desire to overcome, the craving for victory, may have been...  The Epic of Mount Everest - Page 299de Sir Francis Edward Younghusband - 1926 - 319 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1924 - 638 pages
...risks in any attempt on the final peak ; but in action the desire to overcome, the craving for victory, may have been too strong for him. The knowledge of...have urged him to make a bold bid for the summit. Who of us that has wrestled with some Alpine giant in the teeth of a gale or in a race with the darkness,... | |
 | 1924 - 662 pages
...risks in any attempt on the final peak ; but in action the desire to overcome, the craving for victory, may have been too strong for him. The knowledge of...have urged him to make a bold bid for the summit. Who of us that has wrestled with some Alpine giant in the teeth of a gale or in a race with the darkness,... | |
 | David Roberts - 2000 - 616 pages
...overcome, the craving for the victory that had become for him, as Norton has put it, an obsession, may have been too strong for him. The knowledge of...have urged him to make a bold bid for the summit. Irvine I know was willing, nay, determined, to expend his last ounce of energy, to "go all out," as... | |
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