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George Mallory
1886–1924
A gifted climber and schoolmaster, he became one of the best-known figures in the early race to reach the top of Mount Everest. His disappearance high on the mountain in 1924 turned him into a lasting symbol of courage, ambition, and mystery.
2 Audiobooks
Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance, 1921
by Charles Howard-Bury, George Mallory, A. F. R. (Alexander Frederick Richmond) Wollaston
Boswell the Biographer
by George Mallory
About the author
Born in Cheshire in 1886, George Mallory was educated at Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, and later worked as a teacher. He quickly earned a reputation as a remarkably talented climber, with difficult ascents in Britain and the Alps helping to establish him as one of the leading mountaineers of his generation.
Mallory took part in the first three British Everest expeditions, in 1921, 1922, and 1924. He became famous not only for his climbing skill but also for the spirit he brought to exploration; he is still closely associated with the simple answer often linked to him when asked why he wanted to climb Everest: because it was there.
In June 1924, Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine were last seen climbing high on Everest before they vanished. Whether they reached the summit before they died remains unknown, and that unanswered question has kept Mallory at the center of mountaineering history ever since.