by Graham Hoyland | Sep 7, 2019 | Books
Many people wonder if Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were really the first to climb Everest. I went on nine expeditions to Mount Everest over 21 years to find the truth about another possibility: George Mallory. Was George Mallory the first to climb Everest with...
by Graham Hoyland | May 11, 2019 | Books, Climbing, Yeti
The footprints in the snow were large, bigger than a human’s, with clearly defined toes. There was no sign of claw-marks. These prints looked as though they had been made only minutes before we arrived. I shivered and glanced around the deserted valley. We were the...
by Graham Hoyland | May 11, 2019 | Books, Climbing, Yeti
Here are some recorded sightings of yetis, Bigfoot and other legendary beasts covered in my book about the Yeti. What is interesting is that some of the “legendary” beasts were later found to be real, such as the gorilla. Could this mean that other...
by Graham Hoyland | Apr 27, 2019 | Books, Climbing, Mount Everest, Yeti
In the course of thirty or so trips to the Himalayas, I’ve heard many tales about the Yeti from Sherpas and they were clearly believers. There are very similar stories from local villagers all along the Himalayas, from Arunachal Pradesh to Ladakh, and even though the...