Is it possible George Mallory Andy Irvine summited Everest first?
February 27th, 2008 | by |
Andy asked:
The great explorer and humanitarian Sir Edmund Hillary sadly died today. He his credited with being the first to conquer Mount Everest, along with Tenzing Norgay.
The great explorer and humanitarian Sir Edmund Hillary sadly died today. He his credited with being the first to conquer Mount Everest, along with Tenzing Norgay.
Still, do you think Mallory and Irvine might have reached the 29,028 foot peak in 1924 and died on the descent?
Good point on the locals. Possibly a native of Tibet or Nepal first did the summit!
OSHITA
4 Responses to “Is it possible George Mallory Andy Irvine summited Everest first?”
By SWimma on Feb 29, 2008 | Reply
For climbing everest first though there were many before him that had summited it was mostly natives of the area.
By jjs6791 on Mar 3, 2008 | Reply
There is an entire section of his Wikipedia page devoted to this question.
By knightrider2007 on Mar 5, 2008 | Reply
The first person to tell anyone.
By sticky on Mar 8, 2008 | Reply
An inspiration to many.