George Mallory’s final letters to wife published 100 years after fatal Mount Everest climb
by The Guardian
The Guardian— 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...
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The Washington Times—George Mallory's last letter from Everest said odds of reaching top were '50 to 1 against us'. In his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak were “50 to 1 against us.”
dailym.ai—Letters from climber who vanished on Mount Everest in. The mountaineer and explorer was 37 years old when he and his climbing partner Andrew Irvine vanished close to the summit of the highest mountain in the world.