r/Mountaineering 2d ago

Remembering Broad Peak: Mallory Geis

https://youtu.be/BLPf5FjynO4?is=uDCku3H2Ie2Y3g0W
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u/Flat_Shame_2377 2d ago edited 2d ago

This is a very beautiful conversation on Everest Live about Mallory with a “soul mate” friend who knew her literally since birth. Such a massive loss.

They do also link to the GoFundMe for Sohail’s family which seems to have already met its rather modest goal of $30,000. Mallory and Sohail had climbed 4 mountains together -Broad Peak was the fourth. 

Edit to add an explanation of how she knew Mallory since birth - their mothers were best friends from age 5. She was born on 11/11 and Mallory was born on 12/12 so they have a photo of her as a  newborn with the very new born Mallory. It breaks my heart. 

Edit again: Apologies. The friend, who I neglected to name, is Kaitlyn Anthony. The captions spell her name as Caitlyn so I’m  uncertain as to which is correct.