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...Everest Expedition of 1924 returned to humanity and civilization. Gen. Bruce, head of the expedition, who was forced to retire because of an attack of malaria (TIME, June 16) rode out of Darjelling and met the returning party several miles in the country. When the party reached the town, Lady Lytton and her guests gave it a handsome welcome. Gen. Bruce and Lieut. Col. Norton settled down to wind up the affairs of the expedition before returning to Calcutta...
...Should Everest be attempted? 2) Will Everest be reattempted? 3) Can Everest be climbed...
...question of a second attempt, the financial backing, of course, depended on the Mt. Everest Committee. But the members of the expedition felt, on account of the loss of friends and the setbacks endured, that Everest must be climbed...
...little army that went against Mt. Everest has been called back, having suffered the heavy loss (TIME, June 30) of two of its valiant members. Col. Norton wired London that no more attempts would be made by the present expedition. The climbers were exhausted. But he thinks it possible that the vanished Mallory and Irvine did reach the summit. "Perhaps, after they were enwrapped by a cloud, never to be seen again, they attained their great goal and then, on the way down, sought refuge in some recess, where they died painlessly of cold." Odell, who saw them last, believes...
Died. George Leigh Mallory, 31, member of the Mt. Everest expedition (see Page...