Jimmy Chin's "monumental and emotional" discovery of Andrew Irvine's 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.
An Everest Hiker Went Missing 100 Years Ago. Someone Just Found His Severed Foot.
Now, National Geographic reports that one of its documentary teams found a boot (complete with severed foot) with a sock ...
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He Vanished While Climbing Mount Everest Over 100 Years Ago, But His Foot May Have Finally Been Found, Stuck In A Boot And Wearing A Sock Labeled With His Na…
More than 100 years ago, a 22-year-old British explorer named Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine vanished along with the mountaineer ...
Hundred-Year-Old Remains Of British Man Who Died On Everest Discovered By Nat Geo Doc Team Including ‘Free Solo’s Jimmy Chin
After 100 years of speculation, remains of one of the first ever Brits to climb Mount Everest have been discovered by a group ...
Will the discovery of Sandy Irvine lead to solving Everest's greatest mystery?
Last week’s announcement that a boot and partial remains believed to belong to the British explorer Sandy Irvine had been ...
Stunning details of iconic shipwreck Endurance revealed in never-before-seen footage
Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was meant to make the first land crossing of the frozen ...
‘Endurance’ Is A Journey Across Time And Technology
The film deftly connects these two expeditions—each bound by the same grit, determination, and spirit of adventure that has ...
Partial remains of British climber believed found 100 years after Everest ascent
The partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount ...
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 ...
‘The Devil’s Climb’: Watch Exclusive Clip Of Nat Geo Doc; Q&A With Exec Producer James Smith
In an exclusive clip of Nat Geo doc The Devil’s Climb, a guide gives the stark warning to renowned rock climbers Alex Honnold ...
GlobeDocs Film Festival celebrates 10 years of curiosity, art, and community
Filmmakers, journalists, and audiences have come together in dialogue for a decade of thought-provoking docs. Among this year ...
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin planning film about Mallory/Irvine’s ill-fated Everest climb (exclusive)
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, the Oscar- winning wife and husband filmmaking team behind Free Solo, are set to ...