How Mount Everest helped Britain's post-war bid to burnish global
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It was a matter of ‘national importance’ to the British government that men they sponsored be the first to conquer the mountain.
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70 years after the first ascent of Everest, the impact of mass
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Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 , Howard-Bury, Leigh
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Author puts 1920s Mount Everest expeditions in post-World War I
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How Mount Everest became a multimillion-dollar business - The Hustle
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1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition - Wikipedia
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How Mount Everest was mapped a hundred years ago
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Mount Everest - Early Expeditions
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Everest faces the challenge of rising temperatures and more climbers
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Blog – Mark Rozema
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Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 , Howard-Bury, Leigh
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How Mount Everest helped Britain's post-war bid to burnish global