- Exhibition
Everest 24
This exhibition will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition during which Man Bahadur and Lance-Naik Shamsherpun tragically died and George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared pushing for the summit.
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)Open to all7 May 2024 - 11 Jun 2024 - Lecture
Precision in place-names: the problem of orthography at the Royal Geographical Society
Beth will explore how the Society tackled the question of how to spell place names in the late 19th century, highlighting the fundamental tensions between institutional authority and individual expertise.
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)Open to allMonday 20 May 2024 - Monday night lecture
Everest24 anniversary lecture
Join us for an evening exploring the 1924 attempted ascent of Everest and the transformations in climbing today.
Members + one guestMonday 20 May 2024
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