One June 8th 1924 George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, two British mountaineers, left Camp VI on Mt. Everest with the intention of reaching the mountain’s peak; they never returned. Since Hillary’s success, Mallory and Irvine have been all but forgotten, until a successful search expedition in 1999 dedicated solely to solving this mystery rekindled an aspiration to find the answer. The evidence discovered during this expedition proves that George Mallory and Andrew Irvine died while descending Mt.
and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of the world, Mount Everest, at 29,029 feet. For 46 years their triumph was undisputed; until May 1st 1999 at 11.45am. At 27,000 feet below the Yellow Band on the North side of Mount Everest the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition made mountaineering history. Following his senses, Conrad Anker, a world renowned American mountaineer, decided to stray from the search group. He came across not one but two bodies, both from the modern era judging by their clothing