100 years ago they disappeared on Everest. But did they make it to the summit?
By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s one of climbing’s greatest mysteries: was Everest really conquered for the first time in 1953, or did two mountaineers make it to the summit in 1924, before dying in mysterious circumstances? British climbers George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine were last seen on June 8, 1924, 800 feet
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