The Great Mt Everest Who-Dunnit
There is still a big mystery surrounding the first climbers to reach the summit of Mt Everest. Of course, we routinely credit Sir Edmund Hillary as the king of the Himalayas, but many suspect that British climber George Mallory got to the top 29 years earlier.
The reason we can't ask ol' George if he made it or not is that he died in the process. This week US climber Conrad Anker and British pal Leo Houlding climbed Everest Mallory-style, proving that it was technically possible with their 1920s equipment. But it ain't the same as having proof that they got there. If only China Telecom had installed their cell phone mast nearly a century earlier.
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[View of Mt Everest from toilet: apurdam]
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