Because it's there

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You've heard of Ernest Shackleton's connection to bells, now let's get ready for George Mallory's connection to bells. Sure enough, newsletter mentioned that there was going to be a peal for the hundredth anniversary of Mallory and Irvine's death (June 8th, 1924), at the church where Mallory's father and grandfather were rectors. The church cancelled the full peal and they had to reschedule it for a few days early, while doing "only" a quarter peal on the day of, classic church organization mix-ups. Anyway, the peal on June 5th was a success--and included two ringers who had previously summitted Everest, believed to be the first time two such climbers have rung a peal together. The things people keep track of :D