Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth, so it’s only logical that several strands of history converged at its summit. In Into the Silence, Wade Davis tells the fascinating tale of early attempts to climb the mountain, including George Mallory’s fatal expedition, led by men who had only recently climbed out of the trenches of the First World War. In Davis’s telling, this experience gave them a unique perspective on death even as they regarded their exploits as attempts to heal themselves.
Wednesday, Nov. 9 at the John Dutton Theatre, Central Library, 7 p.m. $15. 403- 237-9093, wordfest.com.
