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British Mount Everest expedition: British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory go missing.
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1924 British Mount Everest expedition
Attempt at first ascent of Mount Everest in 1924
The 1924 British Mount Everest expedition was—after the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition—the 2nd expedition with the goal of achieving the first ascent of Mount Everest. After two summit attempts in which Edward Norton set a world altitude record of 8,572.8 metres (28,126…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)
British mountaineer (1902–1924)
Andrew Comyn "Sandy" Irvine was a British mountaineer who took part in the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition, the third British expedition to the world's highest mountain. He and his climbing partner George Mallory disappeared somewhere high on the mountain's Northeast…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
George Mallory
English mountaineer and army officer (1886–1924)
George Herbert Leigh-Mallory was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions from the early to mid-1920s. He and climbing partner Andrew "Sandy" Irvine were purportedly last seen ascending near Everest's summit during the 1924…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)