Mountains and Desire - Climbing vs. the End of the World

Margret Grebowicz

On the 100th anniversary of the first attempt to climb Mt Everest, Margret Grebowicz shows how and why climbing and mountaineering are still important today.In 1923, a reporter asked George Mallory why he wanted to summit Mount Everest. "Because it's there".  Today the question "why do this?" is include...