Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer (died 1987)

Noel Odell

British geologist and mountain climber (1890–1987)

Noel Ewart Odell FRSE FGS was an English geologist and mountaineer. In 1924 he was an oxygen officer on the Everest expedition in which George Mallory and Andrew Irvine famously perished during their summit attempt. Odell spent two weeks living above 23,000 feet (7,000 m), and…