Everest | 8th June 1924 - Mallory and Irvine
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A historic image of Rongbuk monastery by Capt John Noel with Everest in the backgroundOn 8th June 1924, two men left Camp VI (26,700 feet) to make an attempt on the summit of Everest. Camp VI was the highest camp of the British 1924 Everest expedition.On the same morning, another British climber, Noel Odell, was making his way up from Camp IV to Camp VI. Odell was a geologist and he was collecting fossils from the slopes of Mount Everest. Odell recalls that it w...
