LONDON — The partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest are believed to have been found a century after their ascent of the world’s highest peak, according to an expedition led by National Geographic.

Andrew "Sandy" Irvine disappeared at the age of 22 along with his co-climber, the legendary George Mallory, near Everest's peak on June 8, 1924

hey were last seen when they were about 800 feet from the summit

The partial remains of a legendary British explorer who disappeared more than 100 years ago are believed to have been discovered on Mount Everest.

Today's news has cast new light on mountaineering's greatest mystery. In the years since hat June 1924 expedition ended in tragedy, experts have tried to flesh out exactly what happened.

His climbing partner’s body was found in 1999 but clues about Irvine's fate were elusive

Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A National Geographic documentary team said on Friday that in September they found a boot and the remains of a foot that belonged to legendary mountaineer Andrew "Sandy" Irvine on the slope of Mount Everest 100 years after he and George Mallory died scaling the summit.

A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying to summit the peak 100 years ago, National Geographic magazine reported Friday. Climate change is thinning snow and ice around the Himalayas, increasingly exposing the bodies of mountaineers who died chasing…

Andrew “Sandy” Irvine disappeared at age 22 along with his co-climber, the legendary George Mallory, near Everest's peak on June 8, 1924.

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