Saturday, June 18, 2022

Lost climbing Everest in 1924 - English mountaineer Andrew Irvine

 


During a first ascent of Mount Everest, Irvine and his climbing partner George Mallory disappeared on the mountain's northeast ridge. The pair were last seen a few hundred metres from the summit. In May 1999, Mallory's body was found at 8,155 m (26,760 ft) by the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition, in a funnel-shaped basin on the "8,200 m Snow Terrace.” Irvine’s body has never been found. Although rumors have circulated suggesting a Chinese team found Irvine, removed the body, and are guarding it, as well as a camera containing evidence that the pair reached the summit of Everest – in order to protect the claim that the 1960 Chinese team was the first to reach the top.

1 comment:

  1. Considering Hillary and Norgay actually reached the summit first in 1953, seven years before the Chinese claim, what would be the point of hiding the body?
    Besides "China is @$$hoe".

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