page_title: George Mallory
section_title: Reaching the summit
hierarchical_section_title: George Mallory / Reaching the summit
caption_attribution_description: English: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/6826d0aa-1ad9-102f-85b3-003048976d84 Fotograaf: onbekend Nederlands: George Mallory (midden, met cirkel rond het hoofd) en andere leden van de Engelse expeditie die in 1924 als eerste de top van de Mount Everest wilde bereiken. Mallory verloor zijn leven bij de expeditie. 1924 English: George Mallory (center, with circle around the head) and other members of the English expedition in 1924 who wanted to be the first to reach the top of Mount Everest. Mallory lost his life in the expedition. 1924 Hebt u meer informatie over deze foto, laat het ons weten. Laat een reactie achter (als u ingelogd bent bij Flickr) of stuur een mailtje naar: info@nationaalarchief.nl Please help us gain more knowledge on the content of our collection by simply adding a comment with information. If you do not wish to log in, you can write an e-mail to: info@nationaalarchief.nl Meer foto’s van het Nationaal Archief zijn te vinden in de fotocollectie op gahetna.nl: http://www.gahetna.nl/collectie/afbeeldingen/fotocollectie/
context_page_description: George Herbert Leigh Mallory was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest, in the early 1920s.
  Born in Cheshire, Mallory was introduced to rock climbing and mountaineering as a student at Winchester College. After graduating from Magdalene College, Cambridge, he taught at Charterhouse School whilst honing his skills as a climber in the Alps and the English Lake District. Mallory served in the British Army during the First World War and fought at the Somme. After the war, he returned to Charterhouse before resigning to take part in the 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. In 1922, he took part in a second expedition to make the first ascent of the world's highest mountain, in which his team achieved a record attitude of 26,980 ft without supplemental oxygen.
  During the 1924 expedition, Mallory and his climbing partner, Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, disappeared on the north-east ridge of the Everest. The pair were last seen when they were about 800 vertical ft from the summit.
context_section_description: Whether Mallory and Irvine reached Everest's summit is unknown. The question remains open to speculation and is the topic of much debate and research.
caption: Some members of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition; Mallory is highlighted
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