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   George Mallory

   Many of his early pioneering rock climbs were undertaken on Y Lliwedd, a near-1,000 ft often-loose cliff face, which is part of the Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) massif. ... In 1995, Mallory's grandson, George Mallory II, reached the summit of Everest via the North Ridge with six other climbers, as part of the American Everest Expedition 1995.
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   Frank Smythe

   Climbs in the Canadian Rockies (1950) Hodder, London ... Camp Six: An account of the 1933 Mount Everest expedition.
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   Peak and pond

   View of the summit of Mount Everest ... Grandson of former Iowa Governor Norman A. Erbe
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   St. Paul's School, Darjeeling

   Mount Everest was named in his honour. ... Tashi Tenzing (the first grandson of an Everest summiteer to climb Mt. Everest),
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   HCS Rawat

   He was the grandson of Pt Kishen Singh of Pandit brothers’ fame, who surveyed Tibet. ... Summiters of Mount Everest
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   Britton Keeshan

   Keeshan is the grandson of Bob Keeshan, the children's performer better known as Captain Kangaroo. ... Summiters of Mount Everest
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   List of QI episodes (A series)

   (Forfeit: Mount Everest) ... Athelstan was Alfred the Great's grandson.
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   Crickhowell

   The castle was refortified on the Royal command of new King King Henry IV in 1400 and carried out by Sir John Pauncefote, great grandson of Sir Grimbold, in advance of the uprising led by Owain Glyndŵr to 1412. ... He was a Surveyor-General of India, after whom Mount Everest was named, there is also a street in Crickhowell named after him (Everest Drive).
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   Egypt

   Muhammad Ali was succeeded briefly by his son Ibrahim (in September 1848), then by a grandson Abbas I (in November 1848), then by Said (in 1854), and Isma'il (in 1863). ... On the 17th of May at precisely 9:49 am Nepal time, Omar became the first and youngest Egyptian to climb 8,850m Mount Everest.
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    Arthur Oliver Wheeler

    Wheeler was the great grandson of Jonas Wheeler, who was Lord Bishop of St. Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny, Ireland. ... He is the father of Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler, who participated in the first topographical survey of Mount Everest in 1921, and as Brigadier in the British Army was appointed Surveyor General of India in 1941.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• George Mallory,
• Frank Smythe,
• Peak and pond,
• St. Paul's School, Darjeeling,
• HCS Rawat,
• Britton Keeshan,
• List of QI episodes (A series),
• Crickhowell,
• Egypt,
• Arthur Oliver Wheeler