Selects: Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First?
Stuff You Should Know
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4.5 • 82.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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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? Listen as Josh and Chuck explore that question and lots more in this classic episode.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.6 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:05.7 | It's your old pal, Josh. |
| 0:06.7 | And for this week's S-Y-S-K-Select, I've chosen our 20-22 episode, |
| 0:11.8 | did Mallory make it to the top of Everest first? |
| 0:14.6 | It's a clunky title, but an amazing episode. |
| 0:17.4 | It talks about George Mallory, an unsung climber, |
| 0:20.7 | who may have been the first |
| 0:21.8 | European to ever summit Everest a full three decades before Sir Edmund Hillary definitely did. |
| 0:28.8 | The reason we don't know, the reason it's still a mystery, is because he was lost for years. |
| 0:33.8 | And even once he was found, still didn't quite answer the question. |
| 0:37.8 | This is an amazing history mystery podcast that also has a lot of human spirit in it. |
| 0:42.5 | And I hope you enjoy it. |
| 0:48.3 | Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:59.6 | Hey, and welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:04.8 | I'm Josh, and there's Chuck, and this is Stuff You Should Know, Lost on the Mountain Top Edition. |
| 1:09.9 | But not in Tennessee, because this has nothing to do with the Beverly Hillbillies at all. |
| 1:12.3 | Wow. |
| 1:15.5 | That was a roundabout funny intro. |
| 1:18.9 | I didn't even know it was coming 30 seconds ago. |
| 1:22.2 | No, we are not talking about Tennessee. |
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