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Friday, 30 May 2008

North Ridge Route

Contemporary climbers use the camps shown here on the route Mallory and Irvine pioneered. Some notable discoveries and landmarks along it:

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  • Andrew Irvine's Axe.
    An ice axe found in 1933 at 8,460 metres had three nicks on it, a pattern that Irvine used to mark his belongings.
  • George Mallory's Body.
    Found at 8,230 metres by a 1999 expedition looking for clues to what had happened to him and Irvine.
  • East Rongbuk Glacier.
    Stretching from 6,500 to 7,000 metres; extremely steep, at times almost vertical, terrain. Today climbers use fixed ropes to navigate it; those ropes were unavailable to Mallory and Irvine.
  • The Second Step.
    8,580 to 8,625 metres; near vertical obstacle; many believe Mallory and Irvine would have been able to make it past this point; today, there is a ladder to help climbers.
Source: Discovery Channel Magazine
 
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