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The Hunt for Mount Everest by Craig Storti
Publication Date - October 5, 2021
4 stars

I have read so many (so many) books about attempts to climb Mount Everest but this book actually delves into the fact that they had to find the tallest mountain before they could climb it.  While surveyors could see the high peak and assume that it may be the world's tallest, they couldn't actually get to it because the countries it borders, Tibet and Nepal, were closed to foreigners.  This book details the politics of the region, the early expeditions to survey and climb the Himalayas and the interesting characters involved in the process.  This ends at the end of the 1921 Mallory expedition which means that it covers the history that I have never read about before. Overall this was an incredibly interesting read.  I received a digital ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.