For the American pathologist, see George Kenneth Mallory.
George Mallory
Born
George Herbert Leigh Mallory
(1886-06-18)18 June 1886
Mobberley, Cheshire, England
Died
8 or 9 June 1924 (aged 37)
North Face (Everest), Tibet
Cause of death
Mountaineering accident
Body discovered
1 May 1999
Alma mater
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)
Teacher, mountaineer
Spouse
Christiana Ruth Turner
(m. 1914)
Children
3
Military career
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1915–1918
Rank
Lieutenant
Battles/wars
First World War
Olympic medal record
Men's Alpinism
Representing United Kingdom
Olympic Games
1924 Chamonix
Everest expedition
George Herbert Leigh-Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions from the early to mid-1920s.
Born in Mobberley, Cheshire, Mallory became a student at Winchester College, where a teacher recruited him for an excursion in the Alps, and he developed a strong natural ability for climbing. After graduating from Magdalene College, Cambridge, he taught at Charterhouse School while honing his climbing skills in the Alps and English Lake District. He served in the British Army during the First World War and fought at the Somme.
After the war, Mallory returned to Charterhouse before resigning to participate in the 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. In 1922, he took part in a second expedition to make the first ascent of the world's highest mountain, in which his team achieved a world altitude record of 27,300 ft (8,321 m) using supplemental oxygen. Once, when asked by a reporter why he wanted to climb Everest, Mallory purportedly replied, "Because it's there."
During the 1924 expedition, Mallory and his climbing partner, Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, disappeared on the Northeast Ridge of Everest. The pair were last seen alive approximately 800 vertical feet (240 metres) from the summit, sparking debate as to whether one or both of them reached the summit before they died. Mallory's body was found in 1999 by the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition.
George Herbert Leigh-Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions...
altitude record of 8,572.8 metres (28,126 ft),: 11 the mountaineers GeorgeMallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine disappeared on the third attempt. Their disappearance...
The goal of the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition of 1999 was to discover evidence of whether GeorgeMallory and Andrew Irvine had been the first...
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expedition resulted in one of the greatest mysteries on Everest to this day: GeorgeMallory and Andrew Irvine made a final summit attempt on 8 June but never returned...
January 2009, she recorded her offscreen role as the wife of climber GeorgeMallory, who disappeared while climbing Mount Everest during a 1924 expedition...
George Kenneth Mallory (February 14, 1900 – April 8, 1986) was an American pathologist chiefly remembered for describing the Mallory–Weiss tear. He was...
described as "Everesting" was by GeorgeMallory, grandson of GeorgeMallory, who disappeared on Everest in 1924. The younger Mallory ascended Mount Donna Buang...
northern surroundings of the mountain. In searching for the easiest route, GeorgeMallory, who would also be a member of the 1924 expedition (and the only person...
theatrical-release feature documentary film about the British climber GeorgeMallory who disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924 with his climbing partner Andrew...
230 metres (27,001 ft) altitude. The North Col was first climbed by GeorgeMallory, Edward Oliver Wheeler, and Guy Bullock on 24 September 1921, during...
including two where she finished first overall. In 2020, she received the GeorgeMallory Award at the Wasatch Mountain Film Festival for pushing the boundaries...
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1921 expedition and GeorgeMallory, who had never before been to Himalaya, was included in the team. As events were to turn out, Mallory became the de facto...
mountain climber GeorgeMallory in Zermatt, Switzerland. The two became close friends and mountain climbing partners. Sanders shared Mallory's "mystical love...
was solved the following year when Jake Norton, a member of the 1999 "Mallory and Irvine" expedition, discovered Sergei's body lower on the mountain...
North Face climbing team for 26 years until 2018. In 1999, he located GeorgeMallory's body on Everest as a member of a search team looking for the remains...
south face 2015 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2017 The GeorgeMallory Award - Wasatch Mountain Film Festival Race to the Summit, a 2023 documentary...
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journey of British climber GeorgeMallory who was lost during the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition. On 8 June 1924, Mallory, along with his climbing...
Pumori, meaning "the Mountain Daughter" in Sherpa language, was named by GeorgeMallory. "Pumo" means young girl or daughter and "Ri" means mountain in Sherpa...
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