Posted on 02/17/2025 10:30:49 AM PST by NKP_Vet
Sandy Irvine and George Mallory vanished during their attempt to summit Mount Everest in June 1924, and the mystery over whether or not they reached the peak endures to this day.
On the snowy peaks of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth, the dark object in the snow stood out. It was not trash, a piece of equipment, or a protruding stone. It was a boot with a sock inside that clearly identified it as belonging to A.C. Irvine. In other words, it was the partial remains of Sandy Irvine, the 22-year-old climber who disappeared while attempting to summit Mount Everest in 1924.…..
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There was an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents with a similar plot.
22 years old. Hope it was worth it.
Ping!..............
Memories of staying up ‘til midnight in high school, just to watch PBS....
Do not mourn the intrepid adventurer whose thirst for personal accomplishment or public notoriety drives them to ofttimes perish in the pursuit. They literally die doing what they loved.
Can we finally mark him off of the Social Security roll for good, now?
He still gets the senior discount at Denny’s.
Actually Mt. Everest is NOT the tallest mountain in the world. That honor goes to our own Mt. McKinley. Everest is the highest because the base is at a higher sea level elevation, but from base to peak, McKinley beats them all.
I heard he voted for Kamala last November. 😹
LOL ROFL
It’s amazing they got up that high wearing the clothes they were wearing compared to the clothes they wear today
If he were American, He’d still be getting his social security check.
They need to find the rest of him and most importantly, the camera. The foot is old news.
And that is all the more remarkable, since he was not an American citizen 🙂
Still sad to hear. May he and Mr Mallory have found peace ✝️
And voting Democrat
Yeah, the newlywed wife who's husband died the next day in an avalanche on their honeymoon. She waits decades for the snow to melt to recover the body of her lost love, spurning the love of the childhood friend who stood by her side all these years.
They recover the body and find a locket in his pocket with the picture of another woman in it. The wife turns away in despair and grief over the life she could have had.
-PJ
I wonder if they will ever find the camera they took with them. It could prove that they made it to the peak first...
What about Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii? 13,796 ft elevation, but how deep is the ocean near the island?
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