Images from a quieter hike to Everest Base Camp, filled with visits to monasteries, walks through ancient forests, and stops in local villages ...

A long-distance trek through Nepal’s Everest region offers lessons in Sherpa culture, rural mountain living, and humility.

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Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, the youngest member of the 1924 Mount Everest expedition, disappeared on the upper slopes alongside George Mallory on 8 June that year while attempting to become the ...

Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, the youngest member of the 1924 Mount Everest expedition, disappeared on the upper slopes alongside George Mallory on 8 June that year while attempting to become the first ...

Everest from the north side began in the 1920's by British teams first led by George Mallory, but to no avail. Most significant was Mallory's 1924 British Expedition with Andrew “Sandy” Irvine.

It was her friend Jamie Owens from Britain’s Royal Geographical Society, whose members had helped organize the 1924 Everest expedition. “Could you speak to this guy from Kathmandu?” ...

Irvine, right, with George Mallory on board SS California bound for Bombay in 1924 on their way to their fatal Everest expedition. Proof that they did would sensationally rewrite history.