In recent years concerns have emerged relating to claims made about successful ascents - e.g., how many of the 44 mountaineers who've claimed to have made it to the summits of the world's 14 highest peaks really made it all the way to those mountain tops.
This lengthy news article outlines the...
So, what do you FTers think? Did George Mallory conquer Everest decades before Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing, despite dying in the attempt?
Were you convinced by the FT story?
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1924
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george mallory
historical mysteries
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