On the night of 10-11 May 1996, eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Everest's history. Graham Ratcliffe, the first British climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest twice, was a first-hand witness, having spent the night on Everest's South Col at 26,000 ft, sheltering from the deadly storm.
Lure of the Mountains is the biography of photographer and 1924 Everest expedition member Bentley Beetham (1886 - 1963). Written by Michael D. Lowes, with a foreword by Graham Ratcliffe, it charts Beetham's life including the 1924 expedition on which Mallory and Irvine disappeared. Features over 30 of Beetham's photographs of Everest and Tibet.