Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <rollei@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 1999 4:29 PM Subject: [Leica] MALLORY FOUND! CAMERA? > HOT NEWS FLASH: George Leigh Mallory, the EPIC early climber on Everest, > has surfaced. His body was found yesterday in the snowfield at 27,000 feet. > > We had hoped he would have had a camera with him proving whether or not he > summitted, but information on this is, well, incomplete. > Marc thanks for this info. I went to tell my wife and she was actually amazed - unbeknownst to me she is reading David Breshears ( IMAX cinematographer for the Everest movie) book and knew all about Mallory as Breshears was at one point hired by ABC sports to find his body. but alas no camera. Ernie