The British explorer died in 1924 during his third trip to Everest, the world's highest point. In one letter to his wife Ruth, he described the expedition's chance of success as '50 to 1 against us.'
The British explorer died in 1924 during his third trip to Everest, the world's highest point. In one letter to his wife Ruth, he described the expedition's chance of success as"50 to 1 against us."British explorer George Mallory and fellow climber Edward Felix Norton scale the north-east ridge of Mount Everest in 1922, left, while Mallory is seen in an undated file photo, right.
British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are seen at a base camp in Nepal as they prepare to climb to the peak of Mount Everest in June 1924. It is the last known image of the men before they disappeared.in England in 1886, fought in the Royal Artillery during World War I and later joined several British expeditions to Mount Everest in Nepal. He died in 1924 on his third trip to the mountain.
The bulk of the correspondence included in the online archive consists of letters from Mallory to his wife, Ruth. Into Ruth, on May 27, 1924 — less than a month before he perished — Mallory estimates that the expedition's odds of success are"50 to 1 against us." Archivists said letters Ruth wrote to George also serve as a"major source of women's social history," depicting her perspective as a woman living through World War I while her husband was away on the front lines.She was 200 meters from the peak of Mount Everest, then turned back. Here's why
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