Embracing the Pain Cave
By: Kristi Thomas Boyce George Mallory was a mountaineer on the first three British expeditions to Mt. Everest. Known by Sherpas and Tibetans as Chomolungma, the peak became his final resting place for seventy-five years. In 1999, Conrad Anker famously found Mallory’s body on the North Face. He was perfectly preserved in permafrost—with climbing rope […]