George Mallory and the Assault on Everest - Part 1/4
The Explorers Podcast
Matt Breen
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an airwave media podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | Have you ever gazed in wonder at the Great Pyramid? |
| 0:10.0 | Have you marveled at the golden face of Tudankamun, or admired the delicate features of Queen Nethartiti. |
| 0:18.0 | If you have, you'll probably like The History of Egypt Podcast. Every you get your podcasting fix. |
| 0:30.0 | Come, let me introduce you to the world of ancient Egypt. |
| 0:37.0 | Hi, I'm Matt Albers, host of the Pirate History Podcast. |
| 0:45.0 | The men and women of the Golden Age of Piracy are some of the most infamous and often |
| 0:51.0 | misunderstood characters in all of human history. |
| 0:54.2 | You know their names. |
| 0:56.2 | Anne Bonnie, Henry Avery, Mary Reed, Captain Kidd, Blackbeard. |
| 1:00.8 | But do you know their stories, their real stories? Every week over on the Pirate |
| 1:07.4 | History Podcast, we examine what made these pirates sail the high seas in search of plunder and adventure and revenge. |
| 1:16.4 | If you'd like to hear the stories of the real men and women who went on the account and sailed |
| 1:20.6 | under the Black Flag, join us on the Pirate History Podcast. On June 8th, 1924, British Mountaineer, George Mallory, along with his young partner Andrew Irvine, made a daring attempt to reach the summit of the tallest place on Earth, Mount Everest. |
| 1:48.0 | Later that day, another member of the climbing team, Noel O'Dell, from his vantage point at about 26,000 feet, believed that he spotted |
| 1:55.8 | the two men, dots on the mountain side as they moved upwards. |
| 1:59.6 | It would be the last note sighting of Mallory Irvine, who would ever return from the climb. |
| 2:04.4 | And thus the two men would fade into history, brave adventure is claimed by the Himalayas. |
| 2:09.6 | The fates of the climbers was debated for decades until 1999, 75 years after their attempt on the summit of |
| 2:15.6 | Everest, when a body was discovered on the slopes of the Great Mountain. |
| 2:19.6 | That body was George Mallories. Hello and welcome to the Explorers Podcast. |
| 2:25.0 | Today we start a new series, this one on British Mountaineer George Mallory, |
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