A boot found on Mount Everest by a National Geographic documentary team is believed to belong to British climber Andrew Irvine, who vanished 100 years ago on the mountain.

“The Rainier’s most notable characteristic may not even come from the construction but from the fact that in 1984 a notable hiker successfully climbed Mt. Everest in the boots.” That hiker was Lou ...

A well-preserved boot found by a group of climbers on Mount Everest could be a clue to solving one of the most enduring adventure mysteries in the history of exploration of the world’s highest ...

When a National Geographic documentary team discovered a boot and sock sticking out of a melting glacier on Mount Everest in September, they almost immediately recognized its significance as a ...

Remains were recently found in a sock in a boot on the north face of Mount Everest. Jimmy Chin Andrew “Sandy” Irvine was only 22 when he vanished June 8, 1924. ZUMAPRESS.com ...

After 100 years of speculation, remains of one of the first ever Brits to climb Mount Everest have been discovered by a group filming a Nat Geo feature including Oscar-winner Jimmy Chin.

The boot, a photo caption proclaimed, belonged to British adventurer Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine, who disappeared while attempting to scale Mount Everest alongside George Mallory in 1924.

The boot and foot are now in the hands of the China Tibet Mountaineering Association, the Chinese government agency overseeing access to Mount Everest’s north face, where the boot was found.

A National Geographic team found the boot and foot of whom it suspects to be Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old climber who went missing on Mount Everest a century ago.

The discovery of a boot on Mount Everest solved a 100-year mystery. National Geographic explorer Jimmy Chin and his team discovered the leather boot and a sock with a name stitched in red thread.