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(Craig Rintoul)

Wade Davis-Into the Silence-Bookbits author interview

Remember the line "Why climb a mountain? Because it's there!" This is about the man who said that.


Length: 0:06:36
Uploaded: 14 Dec, 2011

Recording Date: 14 Nov, 2011
Recording Location: Toronto
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Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
Copyright: Craig Rintoul-Bookbits 2011

Program Title: Wade Davis-Into the Silence-Bookbits author interview
Description: At 8,848 metres or 29,029 feet, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. By the end of 2010, attempts to climb the mountain had claimed 219 lives. One of those who died was famed British climber George Mallory. Author, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence,Wade Davis examines the 1920's expeditions and Mallory's eventual death in “Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest”.

Host(s): Craig Rintoul
Featured Speakers/Guests: Author and National Geographic Explorer-in-ResidenceWade Davis

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Topic:
Arts and Culture > Books and Literature
Type: Interview

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