The Search For Sandy Irvine On Everest–Some Answers, More Questions: When we last checked in on the EverestNews Mallory/Irvine detectives, they had determined that the body they found on Everest was a Chinese climber named Wu, who disappeared in 1975. Since then, the expedition has revealed that it had a second secret climbing team (the “B” team) at work on the mountain. The idea was to have some climbers who could go anywhere without being watched or questioned. In addition to Wu, the expedition found an oxygen bottle from the 1920s or 1930s, right where a Chinese climber had said he had seen an “Old English dead.” This COULD have been a bottle from the Mallory/Irvine expedition, and if you want to follow the forensic work used to try to identify this bottle (which digs back into Irvine’s diary), click here. What the team did not find, though, is Irvine’s body at the spot where they thought it would be. The spot is open and steep, so if the body slid it would not stop for 6,000 meters. Click here to read the expedition’s final theorizing on whether they had the right place. This is an intriguing mystery, and hopefully these guys will go back next year. But if the body slid, it’s doubtful Irvine will ever be found (much less his camera). And the mystery of whether Mallory and Irvine made the summitt in 1924 will live on. Perhaps it’s better that way…



Irvine’s Grave…