Mount Everest and Maurice Wilson

The British have a long history with Mount Everest, starting with the 1921 Reconnaissance, the I'll-fated Mallory-irvine attempt, the success in 1953, and then a variety of Bonnington expeditions ... However nothing in that history is as wacky and quirky as the 1933 solo attempt to fly to, and climb Mount Everest. Read about Maurice Wilson and this solo attempt in a Climbing magazine article entitled "Wing and a Prayer."

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