Mount Everest
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Mount Everest has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Stuff You Should Know. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Josh ClarkCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Clark explains Everest's appeal as the 'third pole', the last frontier after both poles were reached.
“Everest itself was considered the third pole. Because people had already made it to the South Pole and the North Pole”
Stuff You Should Know: Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First? (Sep 6, 2022) · Listen from 25:00
Chuck BryantCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Bryant argues that reaching Everest was most of the challenge compared with climbing the peak itself.
“Getting to Everest and climbing it is like ascending the peak is one thing, but just getting to that point is, I don't know, 90% of the battle”
Stuff You Should Know: Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First? (Sep 6, 2022) · Listen from 7:32
Podcasts
- Stuff You Should Know · 1 episode
Episodes
Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First?Stuff You Should Know · Sep 6, 2022 · 52 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount George Mallory's 1920s Everest expeditions and debate whether he and Sandy Irvine reached the summit in 1924.