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Unfortunately, 99% of the evidence (but not the hopes of well-wishers) indicate he could not possibly have succeeded. The main reasons are: 1) Insufficient oxygen--eight hours for a minimum 12-hour climb. 2) Totally inadequate clothing warm only to 14F and in still air. (They were caught in a howling blizzard for 2 hours.) 3) The extreme difficulty of the Second Step cliff.It is true that had Mallory taken his partner Andrew Irvine's remaining oxygen, and continued up alone, he might (1%) have reached the top. But Mallory's corpse exhibited severe rope-jerk injury, showing the two were roped together in a fall.
At present nobody really knows if Mallory reached the summit of Mount Everest or not. Maybe if/when the body of Irvine is found it will provide more answers.
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Q: Did George Mallory reach Mount Everest's summit?
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