George Leigh Mallory
George Leigh Mallory
George Herbert Leigh Mallory was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth18 June 1886
George Leigh Mallory quotes about
climbing want trekking
- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.
everest mount-everest climbs
Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.
everest explanation mount-everest
Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest].
climbing hiking vision
Half the charm of climbing mountains is born in visions preceding this experience - visions of what is mysterious, remote, inaccessible.