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A foot believed to belong to a British climber who went missing 100 years ago has been found on Mount Everest, in a discovery that may solve one of mountaineering's biggest mysteries.

Andrew Comyn "Sandy" Irvine had attempted to climb Everest in June 1924 with his partner George Mallory when the pair vanished. While his partner's remains were eventually retrieved, Irvine's body was never discovered.

But last month a team of climbers filming a National Geographic documentary stumbled on the foot, revealed by melting ice on a glacier.

But the filmmaking team is fairly confident it belongs to Irvine, due to the sock found inside the boot being embroidered with the words "A.C. Irvine". 

"I mean, dude... there's a label on it," Chin was quoted as saying.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And 100 years later... thanks for continuing to defile a sacred mountain with corpses and bags of human shit for no reason other than bragging rights, you rich fucks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They haul the shit back out now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Only at lower elevations, from what I understand. Once you get into the death zone, it's a lot harder.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

At that point, your ass is so clenched that the shit isn’t a problem.