Jimmy Chin's "monumental and emotional" discovery of body on Everest may finally put mountaineering's most enduring mystery to rest
Upon further inspection, the crew found that the boot encased a foot wearing a sock with the name "A.C. Irvine" stitched onto the label. The remains are now believed to belong to British mountaineer Andrew Comyn Irvine, known as Sandy, who famously disappeared with climbing partner George Mallory during an attempt to summit Everest 100 years ago.
Body in Greatest Mount Everest Mystery Discovered 100 Years Later
The discovery of the remains leads to more questions about whether two climbers succeeded in summiting Everest in 1924.
Hikers find clue to 100-year-old mystery of mountaineer who vanished on Mount Everest
A film crew hiking Mount Everest noticed an old-looking boot melting out of the ice — and found another clue to a 100-year-old mystery of a vanished mountaineer. Jimmy Chin, Erich Roepke and Mark Fisher ventured up the North Face of Mount Everest to film a documentary,
Mount Everest mystery may be solved after a century
A documentary team uncovered a sock stitched with the name Sandy Irvine, who disappeared with his climbing partner as they attempted to become the first to summit the mountain in 1924.
100-year old Everest mystery may have been solved after shocking discovery
A frozen body part discovered on the Himalayan mountain could answer whether someone reached the peak decades before Edmund Hillary.
Famed climber's remains found on Mount Everest nearly 100 years later
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.
Remains found on Mount Everest could help solve 100-year-old mystery
National Geographic reported that a documentary team possibly found the remains of Andrew Irvine a century after he and his climbing partner George Mallory disappeared trying to become the first people to reach the top.
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Climber Disappeared 100 Years Ago on Mount Everest. Sock with His Name on It, and a Foot, Were Just Found
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Frozen foot found in a sock on Mount Everest might solve a century-old mystery
A team of National Geographic climbers and filmmakers made the discovery on the treacherous north face of the world’s highest mountain last month.