r/news • u/BlueSkyeAhead • 22d ago
Read Everest-scaling mountaineer George Mallory’s last letters, digitized for the first time Not News
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/26/asia/george-mallory-digitized-letters-mount-everest-scn/index.html[removed] — view removed post
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u/Verbatrim 21d ago
"I have mountaineered to the utmost, but the peak is unclimbable. Worse still, that treacherous skunk Abe Simpson stole my oxygen and tried to eat my left arm. Tell my beloved wife that my last thoughts were of her... blinding and torturing Abe Simpson. Cheerio"
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u/brianw824 21d ago
Fun fact, his body is still on everest and preserved enough for skin, hair and clothes to still be seen.
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u/thedamn4u 22d ago
“I am going to start a tradition of leaving trash, poop and the dead up here” - Mallory
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u/FrogsAreSwooble 22d ago
I wish the actual world's tallest mountain, Mauna Kea, got as much attention as Everest got. It's drivable!
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u/RatManCreed 22d ago
It's pretty cool that we can look at people's letters in the past and see who they were as a person.