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Andrew Comyn "Sandy" Irvine (8 April 1902 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was a 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.
Jun 30, 2020 · A 1999 expedition found mummified remains of Andrew Irvine's climbing partner, George Mallory.
Jul 13, 2023 · 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.
May 20, 2024 · British climbers George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine were last seen on June 8, 1924, 800ft below the peak of Everest, before disappearing into clouds and never reappearing.
Died: June 8, 1924, North Face of Mount Everest, Tibet [now in China] (aged 37) Recent News. June 1, 2024, 4:24 AM ET (The Guardian)
Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, an engineering student whom Odell knew from an expedition to Spitsbergen, was a so-called "experiment" for the team and a test for "young blood" on the slopes of Mount Everest. Due to his technical and mechanical expertise, Irvine was able to enhance the capacities of the oxygen equipment, to decrease the weight, and to ...
Andrew Irvine. 1901-1924. British mountaineer who with George Mallory disappeared on a Mt. Everest expedition in 1924. An engineering student on leave from Merton College, he joined the Mallory team as a somewhat inexperienced mountaineer, but he was resourceful and practically minded and was able to maintain the oxygen apparatus needed for the ...
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