Noel Odell
Acting
December 25, 1890
Died February 21, 1987 (96 years old)
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now UK]
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Acting Credits
Biography
Noel Ewart Odell FRSE FGS (25 December 1890 – 21 February 1987) was an English geologist and mountaineer. In 1924 he was an oxygen officer on the Everest expedition in which George Mallory and Andrew Irvine famously perished during their summit attempt. Odell spent two weeks living above 23,000 feet (7,000 m), and twice climbed to 26,800 feet (8,200 m) and higher, all without supplemental oxygen. In 1936, Odell with Bill Tilman climbed Nanda Devi, at the time the highest mountain climbed. He wa...
