The Frozen Mystery of Everest: The Day Conrad Anker Found George Mallory

<p data-start&equals;"309" data-end&equals;"755"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">On <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">May <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">1&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">1999&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">American <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">mountaineer <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Conrad <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Anker <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">made <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">discovery <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">on <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">slopes <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mount <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Everest <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">that <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">would <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">send <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">shockwaves <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">through <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">climbing <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">world&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">As <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">he <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">carefully <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">navigated <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">treacherous <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">northern <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">face <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">mountain&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Anker <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">spotted <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">what <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">appeared <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">be <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">large <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">flat <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">rock <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">partially <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">buried <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">in <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">snow&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">But <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">what <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">he <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">found <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">was <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">far <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">more <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">haunting <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">and <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">historic — <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">frozen <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">remains <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">George <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mallory&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">one <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Britain’s <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">most <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">legendary <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">mountaineers&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 data-start&equals;"757" data-end&equals;"793"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">A <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">75-<&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Year-<&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Old <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mystery <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">in <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Ice<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"795" data-end&equals;"1079"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">George <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mallory <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">disappeared <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">in <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">1924 <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">while <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">attempting <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">become <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">first <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">person <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">reach <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">summit <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mount <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Everest&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Along <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">with <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">climbing <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">partner <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Andrew « <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Sandy » <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Irvine&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mallory <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">was <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">last <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">seen <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">ascending <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">into <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">clouds — <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">dangerously <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">close <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">summit — <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">before <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">vanishing <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">from <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">sight&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"1081" data-end&equals;"1282"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">For <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">decades&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">world <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">speculated&colon; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Had <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mallory <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">and <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Irvine <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">reached <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">top <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">before <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">dying&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">beating <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Edmund <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Hillary <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">and <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Tenzing <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Norgay <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">by <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">nearly <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">30 <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">years&quest; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Or <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">had <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">they <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">perished <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">before <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">ever <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">reaching <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">peak&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"1284" data-end&equals;"1427"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">No <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">one <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">knew <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">for <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">sure — <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">until <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Anker&rsquo&semi;s <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">stunning <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">discovery <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">gave <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">world <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">partial <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">glimpse <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">into <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">final <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">moments <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mallory’s <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">doomed <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">expedition&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 data-start&equals;"1429" data-end&equals;"1448"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">What <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">They <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Found<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"1450" data-end&equals;"1797"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Though <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">more <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">than <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">seven <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">decades <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">had <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">passed&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">extreme <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">cold <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Everest <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">had <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">preserved <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">much <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mallory’s <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">body&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">His <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">clothing <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">had <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">deteriorated&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">but <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">enough <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">remained <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">for <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">experts <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">identify <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">him&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">His <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">name <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">tag <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">was <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">still <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">visible <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">on <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">clothing&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">and <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">recognizable <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">features&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">including <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">distinctive <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">injury <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">leg&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">confirmed <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">identity <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">beyond <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">doubt&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"1799" data-end&equals;"2012"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Further <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">inspection <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">revealed <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">series <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">injuries&colon; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">broken <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">leg&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">fractured <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">arm&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">and <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">wound <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">forehead&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">An <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">ice <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">axe <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">was <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">found <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">nearby&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">suggesting <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">he <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">may <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">have <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">tried <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">stop <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">fall <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">during <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">descent <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">gone <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">wrong&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"2014" data-end&equals;"2253"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">One <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">small <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">yet <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">powerful <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">detail <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">stood <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">out — <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mallory <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">had <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">apparently <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">crossed <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">uninjured <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">leg <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">over <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">broken <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">one&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">clear <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">attempt <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">ease <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">pain <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">while <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">lying <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">in <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">snow&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">It <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">was <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">human <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">moment&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">frozen <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">in <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">time&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">He <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">knew <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">rescue <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">was <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">impossible&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 data-start&equals;"2255" data-end&equals;"2274"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Did <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">He <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Make <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">It&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"2276" data-end&equals;"2382"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">The <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">discovery <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">solved <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">one <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">mystery <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">but <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">left <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">another <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">unanswered&colon; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Did <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mallory <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">reach <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">summit <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">before <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">he <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">died&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"2384" data-end&equals;"2669"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Crucially&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">one <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">item <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">was <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">missing <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">from <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">body — <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">a <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">photograph <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">wife <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Ruth&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mallory <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">had <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">famously <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">told <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">friends <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">that <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">he <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">intended <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">leave <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">her <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">photo <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">at <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">summit <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">if <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">he <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">made <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">it&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Its <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">absence <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">has <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">fueled <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">speculation <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">that <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">perhaps&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">just <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">perhaps&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">he <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">did <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">reach <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">top <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">before <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">his <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">tragic <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">fall&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"2671" data-end&equals;"2698"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">We <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">may <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">never <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">know <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">for <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">sure&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 data-start&equals;"2700" data-end&equals;"2723"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">The <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Legacy <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Lives <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">On<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"2725" data-end&equals;"2928"><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">What <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">happened <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">to <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">George <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">Mallory <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">is <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">one <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">most <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">haunting <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">stories <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">in <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">the <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">history <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">of <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">exploration&period; 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<&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">exploration&comma; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">and <&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;fadeIn&lowbar;m1hgl&lowbar;8">beyond&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;