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For decades, people wondered whether the doomed pair had reached the top of Mount Everest before dying. In The Fight for Everest 1924, published shortly after the disaster, Odell wrote, “I think myself there is a strong probability that Mallory and Irvine succeeded.” In 1933, Irvine’s ice axe was found at 27,750 feet. In 1975, a
