Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine

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Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine

"Moutaineering"

1999

0h 53m

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NOVA documentary inquiring into the fate of early Everest explorers George Mallory and Sandy Irvine

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6 members

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David Breashears

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Edmund Hillary

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Noel Odell

Himself-1924 Team member

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John Noel

Himself-1924 mountaineer & photographer

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Tom Holzel

HImself-Researcher

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Chris Bonnington

Himself-Himalayan climber

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