British explorer Sandy Irvine's foot, missing for over 100 years after a tragic 1924 Everest expedition, has been discovered ...

Base camp occupies a site on the gravel plain below the Rongbuk Glacier at approximately 17,000 feet. Tents are set up on the sandy gravel valley, which carves out a north-south swath in the high ...

In the latest development, a sock embroidered with “A.C. Irvine” and a boot were discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier, ...

Life reduced to the bare elements near the terminus of the Rongbuk glacier. Love of adventure and expression of the dauntless human spirit was less intelligible to the Rongbuk Lama than pilgrimage ...

Prior to the discovery of the boot, Chin and his team made another discovery while descending the Central Rongbuk Glacier. This time, an oxygen tank from 1933 was discovered. We discovered an ...

A sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine", along with a boot, discovered in September 2024 on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. This is the ...

A small team led by National Geographic Explorer, photographer, Academy Award winning director, and professional climber Jimmy Chin discovered a sock embroidered with ‘A.C. Irvine’, along with a boot, ...