At Everest, allegedly discovered the remains of the climber Andrew Komina Irwin, who disappeared in 1924 with his partner George Mallory, writes National Geographic.
The find was made by the film group of National Geographic, which worked on the documentary about Everest. Their path lay through the Rongbook glacier – the first to investigate the satellite of Irwin, the English climber George Mallory. The missing 1924 expedition also rose along this route.
The documentary people stumbled upon a boot, inside of which there were fragments of the legs and woolen sock. “I pulled the sock, and there was a strip with the inscription A.C. Irvine,” said director Jimmy Chin.
He called the find “the first real evidence”, which will help to understand what happened to the missing climber Irwin.
The film crew also took DNA sample, which will finally dispel doubts that it is really Irwin.
The disappearance of the British climber Irwin and his friend Mallori during the ascent to the top of Everest is considered one of the greatest mysteries in the history of mountaineering.
The British Irwin and Mallory began climbing Everest in June 1924 – a little more than a hundred years ago. The experienced climber Mallori had already tried twice to conquer the top by that time. For the third time he took Irwin with him.
The last time they were seen on June 8, about 240 meters from the top. What exactly happened to the climbers is still unknown. Mallory managed to find the remains in 1999.
There is another mystery associated with the rise of Mallori and Irwin. It still remains unclear whether they have reached the peaks of Everest. If they were lucky, they became the first people in history to have it.
Everest’s slopes cover the numerous bodies of the broken climbers. Some break off from her slopes, others cover avalanches. In most cases, the bodies remain on Everest. To evacuate them from there is very costly and sometimes the cost of such an operation reaches tens of thousands of dollars. In recent years, the area of glaciers on the slopes of Everest has decreased significantly, and the remains appeared on the surface.