This year marks 100 years of the first-ever expedition to climb Mount Everest. ... It was the third and final attempt by the 1922 British expedition to reach the summit.

In “Everest 1922,” the British mountaineering historian Mick Conefrey goes back to the beginning. The book is a nuanced, highly readable chronicle of the first attempt on the summit 100 years ago.

The 1922 expedition reached 8,170 meters (26,800 feet) on the North Ridge, a major achievement. Expeditions continued through ...

At the foot of the North Col, 1922 Mount Everest Expedition. On the expedition's third summit attempt on 7 June 1922 the climbing party triggered an avalanche, tragically killing seven Sherpas and ...

Climbers have attempted to ascend Mount Everest (at times, on the literal backs of local Sherpas) for almost one hundred years. The British made the first attempt in 1922, but the expedition ended ...

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." ...