Will the discovery of Sandy Irvine lead to solving Everest's greatest mystery? Here's why the lost explorer’s remains were hunted for so long—and what finding them now could mean.

The summit attempt and subsequent deaths of Mallory and Irvine sparked the biggest mountaineering mystery, which continues to puzzle the climbing world today. Norgay and Hillary are credited with the ...

The discovery of Irvine's foot does not "answer the question of whether Irvine and Mallory made it to the top," Irvine's great-niece Julie Summers said to the Post.

US mountaineers recently discovered the boot, sock and foot of Andrew Irvine on Mount Everest. But does this mean he might have made history before anyone else? DW examines the evidence.

Mallory's body was discovered in 1999, but Irvine – who was carrying a camera which could provide photographic evidence that the pair conquered Everest – remained missing.

Remains found on Mount Everest may have belonged to the British climber Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine, who disappeared along with George Mallory in 1924.

Mallory and Irvine died on this historic climb, and their actual achievement remains mountaineering's most intriguing mystery.

Famous Explorer’s Remains Discovered on Mount Everest Offer Clues in a Century-Long Mystery In 1924, Andrew “Sandy” Irvine joined George Mallory’s expedition to the world’s highest peak ...

A National Geographic documentary crew may have found partial remains of the foot of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, the famed mountaineer who disappeared on Mount Everest 100 years ago.

Everest’s great mystery solved? Sandy Irvine’s remains found 100 years after tweed-clad climber vanished Whether Irvine and Mallory reached the peak of Everest remains one of climbing’s ...

Now, what appears to be the partial remains of Irvine have finally been uncovered in the biggest breakthrough in the great Everest mystery since Mallory’s frozen corpse was found 25 years ago ...

The last known image taken of George Mallory, left, and Sandy Irvine. The two men vanished while trying to be the first to reach the summit at Mount Everest in 1924. Noel E. Odell/Royal ...