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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Croft

Everest’s great mystery solved? Sandy Irvine’s remains found 100 years after tweed-clad climber vanished

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The enduring mystery of Mallory and Irvine, the tweed-clad heroes of Everest last seen vanishing into a cloud as mist swept over the Himalayan summit, may finally have been solved 100 years on from the tragedy that so nearly ended in triumph.

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