Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First?

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

George Mallory was a member of the first three European expeditions to Everest, world’s tallest mountain. He wanted to summit it so badly, he gave his life trying. Since that fateful day in 1924, climbers have wondered – was Mallory the first to summit?

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0:31.5	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.
0:41.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.8	I'm Josh and there's Chuck and this is Stuff You Should Know lost on the mountain top edition.
0:48.3	But not in Tennessee because it has nothing to do with the Beverly Hillbillies at all.
0:55.0	Wow.
0:56.0	That was around about funny intro.
0:59.0	I didn't even know it was coming 30 seconds ago.
1:03.6	No, we're not talking about Tennessee.
1:05.6	We are talking about one of the heroes of mountaineering and mountain climbing.
1:13.2	I'm Mr. George Mallory and the great mystery to me unsettled mystery on whether or not
1:21.4	he ever made it to the top of Everest.
1:23.9	Yes.
1:24.9	Everest.
1:25.9	Right.
1:26.9	So, boy.
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