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| Mystery at 29,000 feet
Two climbers set out early on the 8th of June 1924 for a final push on the summit of what was then the "last untamed mountain". George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine were spotted "going strong" above 28000 feet by geologist Noel Odell. He was quoted as saying: "My eyes became fixed on one tiny black spot silhouetted on a small snow-crest beneath a rock-step in the ridge; the black spot moved. Another black spot became apparent and moved up the snow to join the other on the crest. The first then approached the great rock-step and shortly emerged at the top; the second did likewise. Then the whole fascinating vision vanished, enveloped in cloud once more. There is great evidence to support that at least one if not both of them reached the summmit of mount everest a full 29 years before Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary safely completed the task. With such uncertainty there is a great divide in the mountaineering community as to whether they had in fact summitted that day. In 1999, after 75 years atop the world's highest mountain, George Mallory's body was discovered by a group of climbers searching in a prejected area of north face. There were no difinitive answers as to whether or not they had made it to the top, but there were a couple suggestive finds accompanied with his body. 1)Firstly, Mallory's daughter has always said that Mallory carried a photograph of his wife on his person with the intention of leaving it on the summit. This photo was not found on Mallory's body. Given the excellent preservation of the body and its garments, this points to the possibility that he may have reached the summit and deposited the photo there. However no one who has subsequently reached the summit has reported seeing any evidence that Mallory deposited the photograph. 2)Secondly, Mallory's snow goggles were found in his pocket, suggesting that he and Irvine had made a push for the summit and were descending after sunset. On his attempt a few days earlier, Norton had suffered serious snow-blindness because he did not wear his goggles, so Mallory would be unlikely to have dispensed with them in daylight. On the other hand, given their known departure time and movements, had they not attempted the summit pyramid it is unlikely that they would have still been out by nightfall. An alternative reason is that Mallory may have carried an extra pair, and the pair he was wearing was torn off in his fall. |
George Leigh Mallory 6/18/1886 - 6/8/1924 
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Mount Everest North Face 1924 
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