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Into the silence

by Wade Davis

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If the quest for Mount Everest began as a grand imperial gesture, as redemption for an empire of explorers that had lost the race to the Poles, it ended as a mission of regeneration for a country and a people bled white by war.

World War, 1914-1918Description and travelMountaineering expeditionsTravelInfluenceInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)MountaineersPsychologyMallory, george, 1886-1924MountaineeringWorld war, 1914-1918Everest, mount (china and nepal)