Climber describes scene in Everest's "death zone" : Traffic jams and corpses 02:41. In his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to ease ...

George Mallory is renowned for being one of the first British mountaineers to attempt to scale the dizzying heights of Mount Everest during the 1920s — until the mountain claimed his life.

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 ...

Digitalized letters from Mount Everest mountaineer George Mallory revealed a conversation with his wife Ruth as he tried to become the first to climb one of the tallest mountains in the world in ...

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 ...

Irvine, 22, and famous climber George Mallory, 38, disappeared on Everest on June 8, 1924, during one of the first major attempts to summit the world’s highest mountain.

Andrew Irvine (rear far left) and George Mallory (rear second left) with their guides and fellow climbers - Lewis Durham.

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 ...

Alongside George Mallory, Andrew Irvine famously disappeared en route to the summit of Mount Everest on 8th June 1924. Mount Everest Foundation/Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images ...

A group led by filmmaker Jimmy Chin found the boot of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, the British climber who vanished on Everest alongside George Mallory in 1924. Experts say the mystery involving the duo ...

British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine at the base camp in Nepal as they get ready to climb to the peak of Mount Everest in June 1924. It is the last image of the men before they ...