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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 found
It 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 particular those exchanged with his wife, Ruth, are to be made public by his alma mater, Magdalene College, Cambridge.
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