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Read the last letters by George Mallory, who died exploring Mt. Everest in 1924
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSeveral letters from mountaineer and Everest explorer George Mallory are freely available to the...
George Mallory's last letter from Everest said odds of reaching the top were '50 to 1 against us'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory...
May 1924: Popular Science profiles George Mallory's tragic quest to conquer Everest
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoMay 1924 Popular Science article about an early expedition to climb Mount Everest. A century ago, in...
Famed explorer wrote a poignant letter to his wife before dying on Mount Everest
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBritish mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are seen at the base camp in Nepal as they get...
Mallory’s Last Words: Haunting Letters From Fateful 1924 Everest Expedition Now Online
GEARJUNKIE via Yahoo News· 2 months ago“The candle is burning down now and I must stop.” Those were among the final words of Sir George...
100 years ago they disappeared on Everest. But did they make it to the summit?
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoIt’s one of climbing’s greatest mysteries: was Everest really conquered for the first time in 1953,...
Last letters of pioneering climber who died on Everest reveal dark side of mountaineering
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNewly digitized letters shed light on mountaineer George Mallory’s hopes and fears about ascending...
14 biggest historical mysteries that will probably never be solved
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe so-called Voynich Manuscript, a small unassuming book usually stored in a Yale University vault,...
Mount Everest, Still Mountaineering’s Most Coveted Prize
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Climbing This article is part of Climbing’s online archives...
Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on mysterious empire
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThis week, an analysis of ancient DNA sheds light on a bygone empire, Voyager 1 is back in touch with NASA, what to do now that the cicadas are here, and...