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Originally Posted by Donger
Wow. This is one is apparently George Leigh Mallory. He's the one who answered "Because it's there" in response to the "Why do you climb mountains?" question. He died on Everest in 1924...
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Yep, that is Mallory. There's a great hour-long documentary on the guys that specifically went looking for Mallory and Irvine. They knew the point that they were last seen and scoured the mountain and found Mallory by chance. They weren't sure it was him until they found a clothing tag with "Mallory" written on it.
They couldn't determine by any of the evidence if Mallory had actually made the summit. Some think he did, others think not.