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Boot found on Everest may solve 100-year-old climbing mystery
now 100 years after a British
Mountaineer disappeared on an expedition
to Mount Everest climbers appear to have
found his remains Andrew Irvine who went
missing with the renowned Explorer
George mallerie whose body was of course
found in 1999 now a sock embroidered
with Mr Irvin name AC Irvine and a boot
have been found on the North Face of the
mountain as Victoria Gil
reports Sandy irin seen here on the left
with his companion the great Mountaineer
George mallerie mallerie was asked just
before their 1924 Expedition why he
wanted to climb Everest his famous
answer because it's
there but the two explorers disappeared
together during their ill-fated attempt
to Summit the highest mountain on Earth
irin and mallerie were last seen less
than 300 M from the top sparking A
Century of speculation as to whether
they succeeded in their goal before they
lost their
lives now National Geographic filmmaker
Jimmy chin has led a mission that has
found what's believed to be Sandy Irvin
partial Remains the team discovered a
foot inside a 1920s leather boot with a
name tag AC Irvin stitched into the sock
hopefully this this this leads us to
have a greater understanding a bit more
clarity about the about the events of
that fateful climb um that's the hope
and and and I I think that that in that
lends the the importance of the of the
find a member of Irvin's family has
volunteered to provide a DNA s sample to
allow the remains to be scientifically
identified and for the family this is a
moment to remember A Brave Young man
with an appetite for adventure the story
of Uncle Sandy has affected all of us
although he's an important historical
figure and his name is inextricably
linked with George mallerie and Everest
and the tragedy of
1924 he was a young man he was 22 he was
a great orsman he was a good skier he
was um very popular with um the opposite
sex he had lots of um women who adored
him but above all he was a young man who
just took life and lived it the
discovery has not solved the mystery of
whether Sandy Irvin and George mallerie
made it to the summit of Everest but it
has revealed that the sight of his great
adventure became Irvin's final resting
place Victoria Gill BBC News
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