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On his third Everest expedition in June 1924, George Mallory and his climbing partner Andrew Irvine disappeared on the North-East ridge during their ascent - having been sighted only a few hundred metres from the summit. Makoto Fukamachi, photographer and mountaineer, continues his search for Habu Joji and the camera which could hold the secret to Mallory''s attempt. His quest takes him high into Nepal to the town of Namche Bazar, capital of Sherpa country. Taniguchi''s realistic art and Baku''s timeless script will take readers to the heights mountaineers can only dream of.

On his third Everest expedition in June 1924, George Mallory and his climbing partner Andrew Irvine disappeared on the North-Eastern ridge during their ascent - having been sighted only a few hundred metres from the summit. In 1993, in a small Nepalese shop, Makoto Fukamachi, photographer for a Japanese expedition to conquer Mount Everest, stumbles across an old camera. Could it be Mallory''s? And does it hold the secret of whether Mallory and Irvine made it to the summit almost 30 years before Hillary?

The scene is finally set for Habu''s challenge of the South West face of Everest in winter; solo and without oxygen. Fukamachi has accompanied him so far but must now descend to base camp and leave the mountain to Habu. Will Habu make the summit? Will Fukamachi solve the riddle of Mallory''s camera? This action packed and nerve jangling culmination to this epic story will leave you just as breathless as if you had climbed Everest yourself.