Everest Mountaineer's Letters, That Survived 75 Years, Gets Digitized
by India West
India West— NEW DELHI, (IANS) – In a key scientific feat, letters written by the late Everest mountaineer George Mallory, which survived 75 years in his jacket pocket before his body was discovered, have been digitized and made available to a global audience for the first time. […]
Phys.org—Everest mountaineer's letters digitized for the first time. Letters written by the famous mountaineer George Mallory have been made available to a global audience for the first time, in the centenary year of his fatal attempt to scale Everest.
Ars Technica—Explore a digitized collection of doomed Everest climber’s letters home. Collection includes three letters found on Mallory's body in 1999, preserved for 75 years.
The Guardian—George Mallory’s final letters to wife published 100 years after fatal Mount Everest climb. British mountaineer died trying to reach summit in 1924 with his colleague, Sandy Irvine, whose body has never been foundIt was an expedition that began with an air of excitement but ended in tragedy: during their attempt to reach the summit of Everest in the summer of 1924, British mountaineer George Mallory and his colleague Sandy Irvine disappeared – their success, or not, still shrouded in mystery.Now 100 years after the fatal climb, digitised copies of many of Mallory’s letters, in...