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SUMMARY:Peter FitzSimons - The Race to the Top of the World
LOCATION:The Carrington Hotel
DESCRIPTION:2.30pm for 3pm Saturday 5th December\n\nThe Carrington Hotel\, 
 Katoomba\nBookings essential - either through Trybooking or directly at th
 e Blackheath shop.\n\nThe epic true story of George Mallory and Edmund Hil
 lary and the quest to be the first to conquer Everest. \n\nLast century\, 
 two men\, thirty years apart\, set out to become the first to conquer the 
 highest point in the world. Their names are synonymous with adventure - Ge
 orge Mallory and Edmund Hillary. One travelled from England\, the other Ne
 w Zealand\, both seeking to test human endurance and defeat the most extre
 me elements on earth - blasting winds\, vicious vertical ascents\, lack of
  oxygen and freezing temperatures that could kill in minutes.\n\nMount Eve
 rest has long been an obsession for many\, and the quest to stand at the t
 op of the world still drives thousands every year to push themselves to th
 e limit. But all are following in the footsteps of two great adventurers w
 ho\, in a time very different to now\, dared to try.\n\nOn 8 June 1924\, G
 eorge Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine\, part of an eight-man British exp
 edition\, set off from their final camp at 28\,000 feet above sea level to
  ascend the summit. They disappeared.\n\nThe question of whether Mallory d
 ied on the way up or while descending was still a mystery when\, on 29 May
  1953\, Edmund Hillary\, part of a thirteen-man Royal Geographical Society
  expedition\, along with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay\, set off from their final 
 camp for the summit. At 11.30 that morning\, Hillary became the first pers
 on to stand at the top of the world. Norgay was a split second behind. The
 y saw no evidence that Mallory and Irvine had been there before them.\n\nI
 n THE RACE TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD\, Peter FitzSimons illuminates the live
 s of these two pioneering explorers\, Mallory and Hillary\, and those who 
 were with them along the way - Tenzing\, Irvine and George Finch\, an Aust
 ralian whose pioneering work on the use of oxygen was instrumental in clim
 bing ever higher - and describes in compelling detail what brought them al
 l to the mountain. Revealing the courageous men behind the names\, their y
 ears of intense planning and preparation\, and the ongoing mystery of Mall
 ory's disappearance\, this is an epic story of adventure\, daring\, despai
 r and triumph.\n\n\nPeter FitzSimons AM is Australia's bestselling non-fic
 tion writer\, and for the past 39 years has also been a journalist and col
 umnist with the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun-Herald.\n\nBoletos: http
 s://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1648702
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