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1922 British Mount Everest Expedition

Mountaineering expedition

Instance of: mountaineering expedition
Country: United Kingdom

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The 1922 British Mount Everest expedition was the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of Mount Everest. It was also the first expedition that used bottled oxygen while climbing Everest. The attempt was made from the northern side of Everest out of Tibet. At the time, Everest could not be attempted from the south out of Nepal as the country was closed to Western foreigners.

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Date: 1922
Location: Mount Everest
Participant: Charles Granville Bruce
Tom George Longstaff
George Mallory
Edward Felix Norton
Henry Morshead
Edward Lisle Strutt
George Finch
Howard Somervell
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John Baptist Lucius Noel
John Geoffrey Bruce
John Morris
Colin G. Crawford
Arthur William Wakefield
Destination point: Mount Everest
Follows: 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition
Highest point: unknown(May 27, 1922) elevation: 8,326 m · participant: George Finch, John Geoffrey Bruce
Followed by: 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition
Started: March 1922
Ended: August 1922

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