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The find comes 25 years after Irvine's climbing partner George Mallory’s frozen body was also discovered on the Himalayan peak.

A group led by filmmaker Jimmy Chin found the boot of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, the British climber who vanished on Everest alongside George Mallory in 1924. Experts say the mystery involving the duo remains.

Andrew Irvine went missing in 1924 alongside climbing partner George Mallory as the pair attempted to be the first to reach Everest's summit.

A discovery on Mount Everest could help prove that a pair of climbers reached the world’s tallest summit almost 30 years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay got there in 1953.

In his final letter to his wife, Ruth, before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, the 37-year-old Mallory, who once famously said he wanted to conquer Everest "because it's there," tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world's highest peak were "50 to 1 against us."

A National Geographic team has reportedly discovered the remains of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a British mountaineer who vanished on Mount Everest nearly 100 years ago, according to National Geographic. National Geographic reported in an exclusive news story that Irvine,

When Sandy Irvine went on a pioneering expedition to Mount Everest’s summit in 1924, he and his partner vanished. The recent discovery may shed light on the ill-fated adventure.

Climbers believe they have found the partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest, a century after their attempt on the world’s highest peak,

During the filming of a National Geographic documentary, the remains of a man who died climbing Mt Everest were found over 100 years later. The group who made the discovery included Oscar winner Jimmy Chin,

The enduring mystery of Mallory and Irvine, the tweed-clad heroes of Everest last seen vanishing into a cloud as mist swept over the Himalayan summit, may finally have been solved 100 years on from the tragedy that so nearly ended in triumph.