Mark Synnott on the Everest you don't know

Today we're excited to bring back to A New Angle, legendary climber and New York Times best-selling author Mark Synnott. Mark’s new book – The Third Pole – documents the amazing story of his team’s mission to solve one of the great mysteries of Mount Everest history - whether or not George Mallory and Sandy Irvine were the first people to stand on the summit. That mission is also captured in the amazing films – Lost on Everest and the shorter edit, The Ghosts Above. It’s a riveting story that confronts many of the dominant and oversimplified narratives associated with Mt Everest. Full transcript available here: https://umt.box.com/s/kgmqy8i0lvjjzmhyvmdvbsr24xilifbj