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Section sizes

Section size for George Mallory (48 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	4,411	4,411
Early life and teaching career	35	20,002
Childhood	2,335	5,600
1896–1905: Glengorse and Winchester College	3,265	3,265
1905–09: Magdalene College, Cambridge	9,272	9,272
1909–10: Interim	1,754	1,754
1910–14: Charterhouse School	3,341	3,341
Climbing in Europe	24	17,907
The Alps	6,927	6,927
Scotland	3,281	3,281
Wales	3,607	3,607
England	4,068	4,068
Marriage and the First World War	8,762	8,762
The lure of Everest	4,492	4,492
Everest expeditions	24	62,744
1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition	5,862	5,862
Lectures, writing, and preparation for the 1922 expedition	1,726	1,726
1922 British Mount Everest expedition	2,575	15,404
First summit attempt, Mallory, Somervell, Norton, and Morshead	8,515	8,515
Second summit attempt, Finch and Bruce	1,584	1,584
Third summit attempt, Mallory, Somervell, Crawford and the North Col avalanche	2,730	2,730
Announcement of a third expedition, lectures and writing	2,514	2,514
North America lecture tour and writing	5,519	5,519
Cambridge lecturer and Olympic medal	6,732	6,732
1924 British Mount Everest expedition	2,908	24,963
Mallory and Bruce attempt	3,861	3,861
Mallory and Irvine's last climb	15,078	15,078
Message from the King and memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral	3,116	3,116
Lost on Everest for 75 years	33	38,538
Discovery of the ice axe, 1933	5,105	5,105
Smythe's sighting, 1936	2,904	2,904
Holzel, Everest historian	7,422	7,422
1986 Mount Everest North Face Research Expedition	7,080	7,080
1999 Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition	12,275	12,275
Further expeditions	3,719	3,719
Timeline	2,283	2,283
Theories	364	11,176
"Second Step"	6,142	6,142
Western disturbance	4,670	4,670
Legacy	16,505	16,505
See also	149	149
Footnotes	40	40
References	33	45,308
Bibliography	19	45,275
Books	19,477	19,477
Journals	25,063	25,063
Magazines	716	716
External links	2,216	2,216
Total	234,533	234,533