Who is Andrew Irvine the British Explorer whose remains have been found on Mount Everest After 100 Years?
In a remarkable discovery, partial remains of a British mountaineer have been found on Mount Everest, a hundred years after he and his climbing partner went missing while attempting to summit the world's tallest peak.?A boot and sock believed to be of Andrew Comyn ※Sandy§ Irvine were discovered by a National Geographic documentary crew in September from a melting Central Rongbuk Glacier, below the north face of Mount Everest.
Andrew Irvine's boot, sock found
According to National Geographic, their crew found a foot encased in a sock embroidered with ※AC Irvine" and a boot, suggesting that it could belong to the long-lost explorer.
The discovery was made by a small team including National Geographic Explorer, photographer, and climber Jimmy Chin.
※I lifted up the sock and there＊s a red label that has A.C. IRVINE stitched into it,§ Chin said.
Who is?Andrew Irvine
Irvine, who was just 22 years old at that time, had been missing along with his co-climber, 38-year-old George Mallory, near Everest's peak on 8 June 1924.
Irvine and Mallory had set out to achieve something that had never been done by humans until that point 每 to summit Mount Everest. This was nearly three decades before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953.
Did he conquer Mount Everest before?Edmund Hillary
However, by many accounts, Irvine and Mallory may have been among the first two people to climb the world's tallest peak. The duo was last seen around 245 metres from the summit, and many believe that they had done the impossible before disappearing on their way down.
Mallory's body was found in 1999, but there was no evidence that could point to the two having reached Everest's summit at 8,849 metres.
Even with the discovery of Irvine's remains, there is no new evidence to suggest that they had reached the top of the world.
Can his missing camera change history?
But this could change if a crucial missing piece is found 每 a Kodak Vest Pocket camera that could hold photographic proof that the two did reach the summit.
Following the discovery of Irvine's boot, Chin said he is confident that other items, including the camera, are nearby.
※It certainly reduces the search area," he told National Geographic.
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