“The candle is burning down now and I must stop.” Those were among the final words of Sir George Mallory, the most infamous casualty of those who have died trying to summit the world’s highest ...

George Mallory (June 18, 1886 – June 8, 1924) was an English mountaineer famous for participating in the three initial expeditions to Mt. Everest (8,849 meters), including a 1922 expedition that saw ...

Ruth Mallory; a Mount Everest expedition in the 1920s - Getty By June 8 1924, the day George Mallory died on Mount Everest, he had been married to his wife, Ruth, for a decade. While George famously ...

The letters of a legendary mountaineer from the 1920s who died trying to become the first climber to summit Mount Everest have now been digitized and posted online for public viewing. British explorer ...

In his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak were “50 to ...

The author has had a lifelong obsession with George Mallory's three attempts to, in his hero's own words, "catch the summit by surprise"—in 1921, 1922 and on the 1924 quest from which he never ...

Could famed explorer George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine have conquered Mount Everest nearly three decades before Sir Edmund Hillary? Two British explorers are setting out to probe the mystery in ...

Sam Heughan and Mark Strong will also star in the adventure thriller, which HanWay is introducing at the Cannes Virtual Market. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent The feature — which HanWay films will ...

In his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world's highest peak were “50 to ...