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Bookmark or Share- Remains of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine found on Everest - Ars TechnicaIn June 1924, a British mountaineer named George Leigh Mallory and a young engineering student named Andrew "Sandy" Irvine set off for the summit of Mount Everest and disappeared—two more ...
- 100 years ago they disappeared on Everest. But did they make it to the ...British climbers George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine were last seen on June 8, 1924, 800ft below the peak of Everest, before disappearing into clouds and never reappearing. Nobody knows ...
- 1924 British Mount Everest expedition - WikipediaThe most remarkable finding was the corpse of George Leigh Mallory at a height of 8,159 metres (26,768 ft). The lack of extreme injuries indicated he had not tumbled very far. His waist showed severe rope-jerk mottling, showing the two had been roped when they fell.
- George Mallory - WikipediaGeorge Herbert Leigh-Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions in the early 1920s.
- George Mallory, The Everest Climber Whose Body Was Lost For 75 YearsGeorge Mallory was a pioneering British explorer who tried to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1924, but vanished and was presumed dead. His body was found in 1999 near the summit, along with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine, who also disappeared.
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