First on Everest: a new biography by Graham Hoyland

‘Hoyland writes with rare authority, empathy and insight, delivering a vital and beautifully told biography long overdue.’ - Sir Chris Bonington CVO, CBE, DL.

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‘Hoyland eloquently charts Somervell's rise, through science, art, and religion, to become a mountaineer of the highest repute.’ - Brian Hall, Boardman Tasker Prize judge and author of High Risk: Climbing to Extinction.