Read the last letters of George Mallory, who died climbing Mount Everest in 1924
The British explorer died in 1924 during his third trip to Everest, the world's highest point. In one letter to his wife Ruth, he described the expedition's chance of success as "50 to 1 against us."
The letters of a legendary mountaineer from the 1920s who died trying to become the first climber to summit Mount Everest have now been digitized and posted online for public viewing.
British explorer George Mallory's letters, diary entries and even several poems have created by Magdalene College at Cambridge University, where Mallory was educated.
