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  1. Andrew Comyn " Sandy " Irvine (8 April 1902 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an British mountaineer who took part in the 1924 British Everest Expedition, the third British expedition to the world's highest (8,848 m) mountain, Mount Everest . While attempting the first ascent of Mount Everest, he and his climbing partner George Mallory disappeared ...

  2. [1] : 1 After two summit attempts in which Edward Norton set a world altitude record of 8,572.8 metres (28,126 ft), [1] : 11 the mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine disappeared on the third attempt.

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  4. Jul 13, 2023 · One theory suggests that George Mallory and Andrew Irvine might have gotten separated during the dark. Or that Irvine became sick due to the high altitude, while Mallory kept going by himself. Discover the mystery and unanswered questions of Andrew Irvine, who lost his life in the 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition.

  5. Jun 30, 2020 · But there's a chance that someone may have beaten them to the summit back in 1924: a British mountaineer named George Leigh Mallory and a young engineering student named Andrew "Sandy"...

  6. Andrew Irvine | British explorer and mountaineer | Britannica. Contents. Andrew Irvine. British explorer and mountaineer. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Mallory. In George Mallory. …a young and less-experienced climber, Andrew Irvine, set off for an attempt on the summit.

  7. Jul 2, 2020 · Published: July 2, 2020 at 12:05 PM. Around 1pm on 8 June 1924, George Mallory, one of the era’s leading climbers, and his young companion Andrew Irvine, were spotted as tiny black specks clinging to Everest’s towering Northeast Ridge, just a few hundred metres from the summit.

  8. Apr 21, 2024 · In June 1924, a British mountaineer named George Leigh Mallory and a young engineering student named Andrew "Sandy" Irvine set off for the summit of Mount Everest and disappeared—just two...

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