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  • Essay / Hannay 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' - 679

    After this, history is looked back on and the history of man begins; his name was George Mallory and he was one of the first mountaineers in the world to attempt to reach the summit of Everest. His journey begins when he goes from the foot of Everest to Camp 2 and after reaching Camp 3, they decide to return as the weather was horrible and they might die. After 6 months he returned with many men to Camp 3 and after that problems arose when avalanches and falling ice blocks killed most of his men. After 6 months, Malloy returns to Everest to attempt to reach the summit again. After the weekend, they established camps 4 and 5, then they do camp 6 after that, Mallory and another climber continue the journey while the others stay in camp and recover; George Mallory and the other climber did not return that night so his team decided to search for his body but they never found it and they never knew if they had ever reached the summit of Mt..