[Mr. Brightside]

I remember the pictures of Mallory's body.

It's hard to imagine that after all these years, his body was in such good shape.

BTW, it's interesting to see the respect from posters here for pioneers like Hilary and Mallory, but not for the modern climbers.

I wonder why?

[eddie willers]

I remember the pictures of Mallory's body.

They were actually looking for (and thought they had found) his climbing partner Sandy Irvine who was believed spotted in 1975 by a Chinese expedition.

It was not until they found a handkerchief monogrammed with GLM and then "George Mallory" on the shirt tag did they know they had found the Holy Grail of Everest instead.

His right leg was broken during the fall and a hobnail boot (!) torn from the other.