Coast to Coast-
A foot found in thawing ice may solve a century-old mystery of an explorer who vanished while attempting to summit Mount Everest. In June of 1924, Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine and mountaineer George Mallory disappeared during a British expedition aimed at reaching the planet’s highest peak. Although it was presumed that the pair perished during the climb, the question of whether or not they achieved their goal has long gone unanswered. The discovery of Mallory’s remains in 1999 confirmed his unfortunate fate while offering a tantalizing clue by way of a missing photograph of his wife that he had planned to place at Everest’s peak upon completing the historic feat. Now, the reported recovery of what is believed to be Irvine’s foot could provide new insights into the enduring mystery.
“Should the camera also be discovered and its film successfully developed, the photos could contain proof that the pair made it to the summit in 1924. Such a revelation would rewrite history as Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are currently credited with having first achieved the feat in 1953, a whopping 29 years after Irving and Mallory vanished.”
…soooo, does that mean “Hillary” Clinton will have to change her fake story? Or do “something” to make sure this discovery is never made?
…hey mountain dudes, sleep light and make sure everyone knows you’re not suicidal, just sayin’…
…FWIW, I saw a foot in a boot once too, but the only mystery was how many cars bits of the unfortunate biker were stuck to after the truck that first hit him unhorsed him into the left lane on the interstate, and whether they realized that was a former human being they ran over. By the 5th one, it would have been pretty hard to tell.
And, truth be told, frozen would have DEFINITELY been an improvent…
Everest has the honor of being the highest garbage dump on earth. Not to mention the highest cemetery.
One foot out of 29,000
Wait…what?
Classic example of greed.
Someone gave him a foot and he took over 5 miles!
That’ll give the experts something to chew on.
How many feet high is Everest again?
There comes a time in everyone’s life when they have to put their foot down.
Should it count if you don’t make it back alive? When most of the acclaim is that you survived the ordeal, giving credit to someone who failed to return lowers the standard. How impressed are you by someone dying and their body washing ashore.
Perhaps his other foot is on the summit, which means he made it after all.
So the question is, where is the rest of him?
This could lead to a parody song, based on “I Left My Heart In San Francisco”.
That’s why on the way down he could only count cadence as “yer left, yer left. yer left”!