Mick Conefrey – Canterbury Festival

Mick Conefrey – Everest 1922

The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World’s Highest Mountain

Although it remains the world’s most famous mountain, Everest’s reputation has been tarnished by tales of long queues, frozen corpses and piles of high-altitude trash. Mick Conefrey takes us back to the first attempt 100 years ago by George Mallory’s British team when Everest was remote and inaccessible, a mysterious place where only the bravest and most heroic dared to tread. It is a story full of controversy and tragedy, told with forensic analysis by an award-winning writer and documentary maker.