Photographer and filmmaker Jimmy Chin.
A National Geographic expedition to Mount Everest has found
remains believed to be of a 22-year-old renowned British climber
who vanished on a historic ascent in 1924.
The remains included a foot inside the mountaineer’s boot, his
name stitched into the sock.
The discovery was made by a small team including National
Geographic Explorer, photographer, and climber Jimmy Chin,
who directed the Oscar-winning documentary "Free Solo."
The sock, with Irvine’s name, was found along with a boot
and a foot, emerging from the ice of the Central Rongbuk
Glacier.
Oxford student Andrew “Sandy” Irvine.
In the last photo taken of the mountaineers, George Mallory
(left) and Sandy Irvine prepare to leave the North Col of
Everest in June 1924.
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