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June 18th, 1886 is the birthday of English mountaineer George Mallory. His disappearance on that mountain in 1924 became one of the most celebrated mysteries of the 20th century. Mallory's body was discovered in 1999, though it is unknown if he reached the summit of Everest before dying. Thanks to tar-mairo1986 for posting these on the ClassicMale subreddit.
All photos taken by Vanessa Bell circa 1912 when Mallory would have been be 26. This is how he was described by Lytton Strachey (George had ...
Back in the day, nobody gave this sort of thing a second thought, as you well know. When I was in high school, I and a bunch of buddies were "caught" skinny dipping in the reservoir. The cop knew all of us. We all knew him. He just said "We drink that water. Get outta there." I swam naked with him the following week at the YMCA. No fuss, no muss.
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