A desire to restore national prestige led to scrutiny and discussion of the possibility of "conquering the third pole" – making the first ascent of the highest mountain on Earth. Background and motivation Īt the beginning of the 20th century, the British participated in contests to be the first to reach the North and South Poles, without success. : 1 Mallory's body was found in 1999 at 26,760 feet (8155 m), but the resulting clues did not provide conclusive evidence as to whether the summit was reached. Their disappearance has given rise to the long-standing unanswered question of whether or not the pair climbed to the summit. : 1 After two summit attempts in which Edward Norton set a world altitude record of 8,572.8 metres (28,126 ft), : 11 the mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine disappeared on the third attempt. The 1924 British Mount Everest expedition was-after the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition-the 2nd expedition with the goal of achieving the first ascent of Mount Everest.
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