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    Who was George Mallory, and what was his mystery?

    Question #40396. Asked by Hamlet..

    shady shaker

    Wasn't he a mountaineer who, in attempting to conquer Everest, disappeared and the mystery surrounds what happened to him? I THINK all this took place in the late 1920s.

    Oct 26 03, 12:11 AM
    Hamlet.

    Yes SS - um shady - his body was actually found near the summit in 1999...

    Oct 26 03, 12:15 AM
    sequoianoir

    This mystery is did he die going up or coming down?

    Oct 26 03, 6:19 AM
    mermaidoz

    It was also Mallory who gave the famous answer (often mistakenly attributed to Hillary) when asked why he wanted to climb Everest - "Because it is there"

    Oct 26 03, 11:23 PM

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