Jimmy Chin ’96 and National Geographic team discover remains of Andrew Irvine on Mount Everest

Jimmy Chin ’96 and his team from National Geographic recently discovered the remains of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine on Mount Everest. Irvine was with George Mallory, whose body was discovered in 1999, on an Everest expedition in 1933, 20 years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached Everest’s summit.

Read the story on National Geographic (“Exclusive: Remains of Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine believed to have been found on Everest“), the BBC (“Family tells of ‘relief’ after 1924 climber’s foot found on Everest“), and Stuff (“Remains of British climber who may have summited Everest before Sir Edmund Hillary discovered“).