Mt. Everest is situated on the border of Nepal and Tibet. The mountain was considered sacred and no one was allowed to approach it for many years. It was only when Tibet opened its borders to the outside world in 1921 that attempts were made to climb it.
In 1921 and 1922 two British expedition teams tried and failed to reach the summit. In 1924 an attempt was made by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, two British mountaineers, to scale Everest. Sadly, they did not live to tell the tale. The last time Mallory and Irvine were seen alive was 800 feet from the summit. It is still a mystery if they had been successful in reaching the top and were on their way down when they died. Mallory’s body was found 75 years later in 1999 but Irvine’s body remains missing till today.
The first successful attempt to climb Mt. Everest was made by Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay from Nepal on May 29, 1953. This was the ninth British expedition to Everest.
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