British Climber Andrew Irvine’s Boot Found on Mount Everest After 100 Years

The discovery of a boot on Mount Everest solved a 100-year mystery. National Geographic explorer Jimmy Chin and his team discovered the leather boot and a sock with a name stitched in red thread.  Andrew Irvine was a world-famous mountaineer who attempted to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1924 but went missing, along with his partner, George Mallory. The boot is an exact match for the boots Mallory was wearing when his body was found 25 years ago.