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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream (in Theaters Tomorrow, Aug 6): The Last Sighting

by Trailblazer on August 5, 2010

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters tomorrow, August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film.

Today’s Sneak Preview: On June 8, 1924, support climber Noel Odell sighted Mallory and Irvine through a gap in the clouds, heading for the summit. They were never seen alive again…

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: Rushing the Summit

by Trailblazer August 4, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: “I feel full of energy and strength,” George Mallory wrote to his wife Ruth in 1924. [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: Monsoon Sets In

by Trailblazer August 3, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: When monsoon snows approach Everest during their climb, Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding worry they might [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: Letters to Ruth

by Trailblazer August 2, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: George Mallory wrote letters often to his wife Ruth while on the 1924 expedition, leaving a [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: Superstitions

by Trailblazer August 1, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: The monks who lived near Mount Everest warned Mallory that his expedition would come to a [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: Finding Leo Houlding

by Trailblazer July 31, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: Like Sandy Irvine before him, Leo Houlding had never climbed at high altitude before he set [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: Finding Sandy Irvine

by Trailblazer July 30, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: Before climbing Everest, Mallory had to choose his climbing partner. He selected a 21-year-old chemistry student [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: Replicating 1920s Gear

by Trailblazer July 29, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: What was it like to climb Everest in 1924, and how can a climber rationalize risking [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: “Because It’s There”

by Trailblazer July 28, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: Why climb Mount Everest? “Because it’s there,” said Mallory. What did Mallory mean by his famous [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: George Mallory’s Route to Everest

by Trailblazer July 27, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: No maps existed to guide George Mallory to Everest. In a 1921 expedition, his team discovered [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: George Mallory’s Cambridge Years

by Trailblazer July 26, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: When George Mallory arrived at Cambridge University in 1905, he embraced the fervent cultural landscape, and [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: George Mallory

by Trailblazer July 25, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with daily sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: George Mallory was a fearless mountain climber, unparalleled in his day, and a natural athlete…

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: The Second Step

by Trailblazer July 24, 2010 Climb

National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream is coming to theaters August 6, and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you warmed up with sneak peeks of the upcoming film. Today’s Sneak Preview: For Mallory and Irvine to have succeeded in their summit attempt in 1924, they would have had [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Wildest Dream: Finding George Mallory’s Body

by Trailblazer July 23, 2010 Climb

We recently posted a sneak preview of National Geographic’s The Wildest Dream (in theaters August 6), and now that we’re closing in on the opening date, we thought we’d get you even more warmed up with daily peeks at the upcoming film. Today’s sneak preview: Seventy-five years after Mallory and Irvine vanished, mountaineer Conrad Anker [...]