Irvine’s disappearance on Everest in 1924, alongside his compatriot George Mallory, is one of mountaineering’s biggest mysteries – with a solution that has the potential to change history.

When Sandy Irvine went on a pioneering expedition to Mount Everest’s summit in 1924, he and his partner vanished. The recent discovery may shed light on the ill-fated adventure. By Hank Sanders ...

A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying to summit the peak 100 years ago, National Geographic magazine reported Friday.

A climbing team discovered human remains that are believed to belong to Andrew Irvine, who went missing while climbing Everest in 1924 Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

Mount Everest, Earth’s tallest mountain, has been growing faster than expected. Scientists now say this is likely caused by a long ago collision of two nearby rivers. The process responsible is ...

Over 100 years after British mountain climber Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine mysteriously disappeared while climbing Mount Everest alongside fellow mountaineer George Mallory, a boot found ...

Climbers believe they have found the partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest, a century after their ...

It was the call the family of a young British climber who went missing on Everest 100 years ago had given up hope of ever getting. Last month, a team of climbers filming a National Geographic ...

Photographer and filmmaker Jimmy Chin was leading a National Geographic team below the north face of Mount Everest in September when they discovered a boot and sock embroidered with “A.C. Irvine ...

Mingma Rita Sherpa was not home when the muddy torrent roared into his village in Nepal without warning, but when he returned ...

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