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On a sunny morning in June 1922, mountaineer George Mallory, accompanied by fellow climbers Howard Somervell, Colin Crawford, John Noel and 13 Sherpas, set off from Camp III at 21,000ft for the North Col of Everest. The first attempt to reach the summit was made without using supplemental oxygen, by Mallory, Somervell, Norton and Henry Morshead, with the summit team …
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