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Monthly Archives: June 2013

New play about George Mallory

June 12, 2013by johndburns 2 Comments

Almost 90 years ago George Mallory, Britain’s leading climber, and Sandy Irvine, a young powerful oarsman, vanished into the mist close to the summit of Everest.  The mystery of what […]

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The Unforgiven Mountaineer

June 9, 2013by johndburns 12 Comments

Everything had been fine until I’d answered that question but now a silence hung in the air like a malevolent fart.  I sucked on my whiskey and stared really hard […]

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Buried Treasure

June 1, 2013by johndburns 1 Comment

From my hiding place in the heather I anxiously I scan the horizon for incoming walkers.  I strain my eyes for the slightest movement, the twitch of a bobble hat, […]

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