British mountaineers who vanished during 1924 mission to climb Mount Everest 'were unlikely to have reached the summit' before they died, claims author

George Mallory, 37, and Sandy Irvine, 22, were last seen alive on the northeast ridge of the mountain at around 12pm on June 8 1924.

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