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Remains of Sandy Irvine found on Everest
October 11, 2024, 10:05:41 am
As the title says - remains of Sandy Irvine (a foot in a boot) have been found on Everest, 100 years after he and Mallory were last seen high on the mountain. As I understand it, this is the first time any trace of Irvine has been found. Whether or not it will get us any closer to knowing if they reached the summit seems unclear.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sandy-irvine-body-found-everest

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As the title says - remains of Sandy Irvine (a foot in a boot) have been found on Everest, 100 years after he and Mallory were last seen high on the mountain. As I understand it, this is the first time any trace of Irvine has been found. Whether or not it will get us any closer to knowing if they reached the summit seems unclear.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sandy-irvine-body-found-everest
I should imagine that it is possible to backtrack the flow from where he appeared now, how long he took to get there etc and make an informed estimate of where he entered the ice? Maybe there’s too many variables 🤷🏻‍♂️. I have seen similar estimates made for prehistoric artefacts popping out of Icelandic glaciers, so maybe.

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Before I clicked the link I'd wondered how they'd ID it as Irvine and not anybody else.

Didn't expect to see his name stitched neatly into his sock!

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He’d been at a boarding school only four years before his death. I gather from those that have been though that sort of system that it takes a little longer for school inculcated habits to dissipate.

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I went to the same school. I haven’t continued to sew names in my stuff, but even now I have the odd item that is still named. I would suspect less of a case of institutionalisation and more of a case of putting your lucky socks on for summit day.

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Seems a sensible thing to do when you're on an expedition with a load of other blokes with identical socks, Sean  :shrug:

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Feels weird that Jimmy Chin’s so prominently in the picture.

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Yeah. Seems a bit grim tbh.

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Agreed, something feels all wrong with that. Like he's posing with a trophy.

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That definitely struck me as being a bit off, it is some human remains after all.

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Totally... I was voicing the same thoughts with some friends last night and interesting to hear others have similar feelings.  I noticed too, that it was it actually one of the other expedition members (Erich?) that spotted it yet Chinny gets all the spotlight.  :-\

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Isn't Jimmy Chin known to be a bit of a publicity hound who has done a few distasteful things? I'm only speaking from very vague memory

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Purely from an editorial perspective, I'm guessing that Jimmy Chin is infinitely more recognisable as Sandy Irvine or Whazzname who found the boot, so it makes sense that they'd want him in the headline photo.

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Isn't Jimmy Chin known to be a bit of a publicity hound who has done a few distasteful things? I'm only speaking from very vague memory

I heard he sold his dear old Mum for a feature in Climbing

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Any sign of that camera? It could contain the greatest retroclaim of all time  :bounce:

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I'm not with the idea that getting to the summit but not getting down is some sort of mountaineering achievement. Their deaths were a terrible, tragic screw up regardless IMO.

Far worse even than a dab.

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Let's not over exaggerate here  :spank:

 

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