<p class="MsoNormal">Pictured here are Conrad Anker, <a></a>left, and Leo Houlding, as they follow in George Mallory's footsteps decked out in replica 1920s-era climbing gear.</p>
<p>"It’s phenomenal that they were able to get to 28,000 feet [8,530 meters] in what I would basically call clothing you’d wear to walk through the forest," Anker says. The 1920s leather and hobnail boots, in particular, provided far less warmth than modern climbing boots do.</p>
Recreating Mallory's 1924 Climb
Pictured here are Conrad Anker, left, and Leo Houlding, as they follow in George Mallory's footsteps decked out in replica 1920s-era climbing gear.
"It’s phenomenal that they were able to get to 28,000 feet [8,530 meters] in what I would basically call clothing you’d wear to walk through the forest," Anker says. The 1920s leather and hobnail boots, in particular, provided far less warmth than modern climbing boots do.
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