The discovery could help solve one of mountaineering's greatest mysteries.

A foot believed to belong to a British climber who went missing 100 years ago has been found on Mount Everest, in a discovery that may solve one of mountaineering’s biggest mysteries.

Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine had attempted to climb Everest in June 1924 with his partner George Mallory when the pair vanished. While his partner’s remains were eventually retrieved, Irvine’s body was never discovered.

But last month a team of climbers filming a National Geographic documentary stumbled on the foot, revealed by melting ice on a glacier.

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But the filmmaking team is fairly confident it belongs to Irvine, due to the sock found inside the boot being embroidered with the words "A.C. Irvine".

“I mean, dude… there’s a label on it,” Chin was quoted as saying.

    • FaceDeer@fedia.io
      19·
      5 months ago

      Indeed. This still doesn’t confirm that he’s dead, just that he’s injured.

    • Flying SquidEnglish
      51·
      5 months ago

      Okay? OKAY?! OKAY MY FOOT!

      Oh wait, no. Sorry. His foot.

  • Flying SquidEnglish
    147·
    5 months ago

    And 100 years later… thanks for continuing to defile a sacred mountain with corpses and bags of human shit for no reason other than bragging rights, you rich fucks.

  • The PantserEnglish
    52·
    5 months ago

    stumbled on the foot

    I see what you did there.

  • RandAlThor@lemmy.caEnglish
    41·
    5 months ago

    I mean there are a lot of dead bodies on Everest. Why is this still news?

    • HikermickEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      There is some history and controversy surrounding their fatal climb that makes it more interesting than the other cadavers. Caveat: Not an expert on this. Irvine and Mallory made early attempts at being the first to summit Everest. There is speculation that on their last climb, they summited before dying on their way down and had beat Edmund Hillary who is credited with being first

  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    23·
    5 months ago

    so you find… a boot. With a sock and a foot inside it.

    AND YOU PlAY WITH THE FOOT?

    weirdos.

        • naticusEnglish
          9·
          5 months ago

          You put your feet on your boots? Weird, I put my boots on my feet. 🤔😂

          • tired_n_boredEnglish
            21·
            5 months ago

            Yes but if you think if there’s only a foot and not the rest, you’re actually taking the foot off the boot, like a parcel

            • naticusEnglish
              4·
              5 months ago

              Oh I know, I was just being a pedantic shit, mostly because linguistically we always say we put clothing on even if we’re on the clothing.