Did George Mallory Climb Mount Everest First?

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Almost everyone knows that the first people to climb Mount Everest were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, who reached the summit and returned in 1953.

However, some believe another group might have reached the summit nineteen years before they did.

It is a debate which had raged for decades, and recently discovered evidence on the slopes of Everest hasn’t quieted the discussion.

Learn more about George Mallory and attempts to summit Mount Everest on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Almost everyone knows that the first people to climb Mount Everest were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, who reached the summit and returned in 1953.

However, some believe another group might have reached the summit nineteen years before they did.

It is a debate which had raged for decades, and recently discovered evidence on the slopes of Everest hasn’t quieted the discussion.

Learn more about George Mallory and attempts to summit Mount Everest on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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