A new exhibition honouring the centenary of the 1924 Mount Everest expedition will open in the castle at the National Trust’s Wray.

Titled Other Everests: One Mountain, Many Worlds, the free display will be held on June 8.

Harvey Wilkinson, curator at the National Trust Cultural Heritage, worked with historian Dr Jonathan Westaway from UCLAN to curate the exhibition.

It primarily focuses on telling the almost forgotten story of Sherpas who worked on the mountain, highlighting their contribution to the 1920s expeditions to Everest.

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The display will boast stunning photographs in large-format light boxes and a variety of artefacts, including the recreation of George Mallory’s climbing outfit which was discovered on Everest in 1999.

Archives from the Royal Geographical Society and the Mountain Heritage Trust will also be showcased.

Dr Westaway said: "This summer marks the centenary of the deaths of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine on Everest.

"Whilst many people know this story, very few people know about the lives of the Sherpa porters who accompanied Mallory and Irvine high on the mountain.

“With funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council we have been researching the hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers on Everest.

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"These expeditions relied on a huge army of indigenous labourers working in a range of roles like interpreters, porters, high-altitude climbers, cooks, mail runners, photographic and collection assistants.

"It is so fantastic to be able to share these photographs with visitors to Wray, and to be able to begin to tell the story of these early Sherpa mountaineers and workers for the first time."

Mr Wilkinson said that the exhibition aims to offer a wider perspective of the 1924 expedition and the transforming effects of mountain tourism.

He added: “It includes some historic climbing ephemera and apparel, with early versions of fibre pile and plastic boots, in contrast to Mallory’s sporting Burberry outfit, based on shooting attire of the period.

"The display includes abandoned and mangled modern tents recovered from above 7,000 meters by Tibetan climbers, a stark reminder of how the material culture of mountaineering is permanently changing mountains here and around the world, in a way that Mallory could not have imagined.”

Entry to the exhibit is free.