George Herbert Leigh Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s.During the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition, Mallory and his climbing partner Andrew "Sandy" Irvine both disappeared on the North-East ridge during their attempt to make the first ascent of the world's highest mountain. The pair were last seen when they were about 800 vertical feet (245m) from the summit.Mallory's ultimate fate was unknown for 75 years, until his body was discovered on 1 May 1999 by an expedition that had set out to search for the climbers' remains. Whether Mallory and Irvine reached the summit of Everest before they died remains a subject of speculation and continuing research.
Frances Clare Mallory, Beridge Ruth Mallory, John Mallory
Parents
Herbert Leigh Mallory, Annie Beridge
Siblings
Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Annie Victoria Longridge, Mary Mallory
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[When asked as to why he wanted to climb Mt. Everest] Because it's there!
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I look back on tremendous efforts & exhaustion & dismal looking out of a tent door on to a dismal world of snow and vanishing hopes - & yet, & yet, & yet there have been a good many things to see the other side.
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Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides and glaciers and aretes, now one fragment and now another through the floating rifts, until far higher in the sky than imagination had dared to suggest the white summit of Everest appeared.
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Died on Mount Everest during a severe blizzard. On May 1, 1999, his frozen, preserved body was discovered by mountaineer Conrad Anker, almost exactly 5 weeks prior to the 75th anniversary of his death. His final venture to Everest was his third and ended up the highest he had ever climbed (approximately 8,300 meters).
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