I just finished the novel Paths to Glory by Jeffrey Archer. It's about George Mallory and his attempts to climb Mt Everest. It was a great read. In my opinion Mallory and Irving were the first to summit Everest although there will probably never be any hard evidence to prove it. What really caught my eye though was this picture of Mallory and Irving as they were setting off on a climb one day. Look at their clothes!! That is less than I wear when I go out to clear snow from my driveway at sea level in North Dakota and it's what they were wearing to climb to 29,000 feet on Mount Everest.
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