The goal of the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition of 1999 was to discover evidence of whether George Mallory and Andrew Irvine had been the first to summit Mount Everest in their attempt of 8–9 June 1924. Key objectives included finding Irvine's body and retrieving a camera that might hold proof of their summit success.

Mallory and Irvine had also become fast friends since they shared a lot of time aboard ship to India, and Mallory considered the personable 22-year-old as "strong as an ox".

2024年10月10日 · Irvine and Mallory were last seen on June 8, 1924, while attempting to become the first people to reach the top of the world’s highest peak. The question of whether they had summited has...

Analysis of Mallory and Irvine's 1924 climb of Mount Everest including the routes and possible location of Andrew Irvine's body.

2020年7月2日 · Around 1pm on 8 June 1924, George Mallory, one of the era’s leading climbers, and his young companion Andrew Irvine, were spotted as tiny black specks clinging to Everest’s towering Northeast Ridge, just a few hundred metres from the summit.

2024年5月20日 · British climbers George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine were last seen on June 8, 1924, 800 feet below the peak, before disappearing into clouds. They never reemerged. When Mallory’s body...

During the 1924 expedition, Mallory and Irvine disappeared on Everest's Northeast Ridge. They were last seen alive approximately 800 vertical feet (240 metres) from the summit, sparking debate as to whether one or both reached it before they died.

2024年10月15日 · In 1924, British explorer Andrew Comyn Irvine—nicknamed Sandy—and his partner George Mallory aimed to become the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. But the two climbers disappeared on...

2024年10月14日 · The enduring mystery of Mallory and Irvine, the tweed-clad heroes of Everest last seen vanishing into a cloud as mist swept over the Himalayan summit, may finally have been solved 100 years...

2024年10月17日 · In 1924, Mallory, 37, and Irvine, 22, were part of a British expedition that had set itself the goal of completing the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. They climbed on the Tibetan...