George Mallory
George Herbert Leigh Mallory was an English mountaineer. He took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest, in the early 1920s. During the 1924 expedition, Mallory and his climbing partner, Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine, disappeared on the northeast ridge of Everest. His ultimate fate was unknown for 75 years, until his body was discovered on 1 May 1999.
