Private knowledge.I spoke to Hillary not long before his death.He chuckled that Tenzing stepped up first at his (Hillarys) request.And the most recent evidence that I have seen suggests that Mallory and Irvine fell on the way up, not on the different route down.Very sad and I am confident that if they made it first Sir Edmund would have been pleased for them.
Private knowledge.I spoke to Hillary not long before his death.He chuckled that Tenzing stepped up first at his (Hillarys) request.And the most recent evidence that I have seen suggests that Mallory and Irvine fell on the way up, not on the different route down.Very sad and I am confident that if they made it first Sir Edmund would have been pleased for them.