t below the summit. Then the clouds rolled in and he disappeared into legend. His death stunned the world. After discovering Mallory?s body on Everest in 1999, modern climber Conrad Anker?s life became intertwined with Mallory?s story. Remarkably, Mallory?s frozen body was found with all his belongings intact. The only thing missing was a photograph of Ruth, which Mallory had promised to place on the summit. Haunted by Mallory's story, Conrad returns to Everest with British climbing prodigy Leo Houlding to discover the truth about this compelling and gilded man from a bygone era and to unravel the mysteries surrounding his disappearance. Conrad Anker and his climbing partner take on the Second Step without the use of the fixed ladder; free climbing it with the use of some modern safety precautions (e.g. perlon rope, "friends", belay devices), to evaluate if indeed Mallory was capable of climbing the Second Step himself in 1924.

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