Chapter 9 Summary and Analysis

While at Charterhouse, Graves became good friends with George Mallory. Mallory was at that time already an accomplished mountaineer and introduced Graves to the sport of climbing around the area of Snowdon. Mallory instructed Graves on several climbs, which Graves recalled in great detail. Graves found climbing to be entirely fulfilling and exhilarating. Graves states that, in his opinion, Mallory must have reached the summit of Mount Everest on the ill-fated 1924 attempt.