View British Mountaineer Who Died On Everest In 1924 Images. Their unfinished story is mountaineering's greatest mystery. Noted everest historian tom holzel—whose latest research features prominently in lost on.
George mallory died climbing everest.
The body of mallory, who died on an everest expedition in 1924, was discovered in 1999. Edmund hillary, new zealand mountain climber and antarctic explorer who, with the tibetan mountaineer tenzing norgay, became the first to reach hillary took photographs, and both searched for signs that george mallory , a british climber lost on everest in 1924, had been on the summit. Mallory and fellow climber guy bullock. A purebred english pointer who cheered the men, challenged the guards, and served as a model of patient fortitude.