Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides … - George Mallory

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Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides and glaciers and aretes, now one fragment and now another through the floating rifts, until far higher in the sky than imagination had dared to suggest the white summit of Everest appeared.

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George Herbert Leigh Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 June/9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s.

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Native Name: George Herbert Leigh Mallory

Alternative Names: 1st Lieut. George Herbert Leigh Mallory • George H. Leigh-Mallory • George Leigh-Mallory

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