George Mallory
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George Herbert Leigh-Mallory was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions from the early to mid-1920s. He and his climbing partner Andrew "Sandy" Ir
George Mallory, c. 1916
St Wilfrid's Church, Mobberley, Cheshire, which Mallory climbed aged 7
Winchester College Chapel (right) and scholars' College (left), where Mallory was a scholar 1900–1905
Magdalene College, Cambridge
The 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition set off to explore how it might be possible to get to the vicinity of Mount Everest, to reconnoitre possible routes for ascending the mountain,
United Kingdom and Canadian participants of the expedition at Kharta Advanced Base Camp, September 1921. Standing (left to right): Wollaston, Howard-Bury, Heron, Raeburn. Sitting (left to right): Mallory, Wheeler, Bullock, Morshead.
Everest Northeast Ridge joined by the Fantasy Ridge (left) and the North Col at the Northeast shoulder (right); photo taken by Wollaston from Kharta Glacier 20,000ft camp.
1858 representation of the triangulation of Mount Everest
Tibetan visa issued to the expedition