Mount everest articles
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Letters from climber who vanished on Mount Everest in
The mountaineer and explorer was 37 years old when he and his climbing partner Andrew Irvine vanished close to the summit of the highest mountain in the world.
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George Mallory’s final letters to wife published 100 years after fatal Mount Everest climb
British mountaineer died trying to reach summit in 1924 with his colleague, Sandy Irvine, whose body has never been foundIt was an expedition that began with an air of excitement but ended in tragedy: during their attempt to reach the summit of Everest in the summer of 1924, British mountaineer George Mallory and his colleague Sandy Irvine disappeared – their success, or not, still shrouded in mystery.Now 100 years after the fatal climb, digitised copies of many of Mallory’s letters, in...
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How to see a once-in-a-lifetime green comet: Mount Everest-sized space rock dubbed the 'Mother of Dragons' makes its first visit to the inner solar system in more than 70 years
The 12P/Pons-Brooks comet will reach the brightest point in its orbit on April 21. As the month goes on it will be harder to see as the evenings become lighter. READ MORE: