George Leigh Mallory is not the only man to have died tragically on the forbidding heights of Mt. Everest, but he is surely the most famous. When he and Andrew Irvine disappeared into the mists not far from the summit in June 1924, they climbed into mountaineering legend. For more than 70 years, the fraternity of high-altitude adventurers could only speculate on their fate- until 1999 when Mallory's body was found at last, 2,000 feet below the summit.

In Last Climb, world-class mountaineer David Breashears and mountaineering historian Audrey Salkeld sift new evidence looking for an answer to the enduring question did Mallory and Rivine reach the summit? Last Climb is much more than a chronicle of a single attempt on Everest. It is a complete account of the early Mallory expeditions that ventured into the unknown heights of the high Himalaya, and an evocative portrait of an era when gentleman adventurers wore tweeds at 25,000 feet.

Includes an introduction by Mallory's son, and a chapter by Mallory's grandson who summitted Everest. Foreward by Liesl Clark on the 1999 Everest expedition.