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From Mallory to today: why the British can't quit Everest

Everest was named by the British, mapped by the British and very nearly first climbed by the British. A century on, UK trekkers still come to walk in…

By Laxman Rawal · Jun 15, 2026

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No nation is woven into Everest's story like Britain. The mountain carries the name of a British surveyor; the first attempts on it were British; and the 1953 expedition that finally succeeded was British-led. So when UK trekkers fly to Nepal in their…

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Walking into history

For a British walker, the Everest Base Camp trail is uniquely charged. You pass through Namche Bazaar and up toward the same amphitheatre of ice that Mallory photographed, that Hunt's team staged from, that has drawn British mountaineers from Bonington's…

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