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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...
May 1924: Popular Science profiles George Mallory's tragic quest to conquer Everest
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 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· 1 month agoBritish mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are seen at the base camp in Nepal as they get...
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...
Mallory’s Last Words: Haunting Letters From Fateful 1924 Everest Expedition Now Online
GEARJUNKIE via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“The candle is burning down now and I must stop.” Those were among the final words of Sir George...
Last letters of pioneering climber who died on Everest reveal dark side of mountaineering
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNewly digitized letters shed light on mountaineer George Mallory’s hopes and fears about ascending...
Letters from climber who vanished on Mount Everest in 1924 published online
Press Association News via AOL· 2 months agoLetters from the British climber George Mallory, who disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924, to his...
‘Fallen’ and ‘Everest, Inc.’: Walking to the Roof of the World
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoBOOKSHELF Why climb Mount Everest? “Because it’s there,” George Mallory famously said. Then he died...
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...
100 years after disappearing on Everest, climber's letters home tell poignant, personal story
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDigitalized letters from Mount Everest mountaineer George Mallory revealed a conversation with his wife Ruth as he tried to become the first to climb one of the tallest mountains in the world ...