Andrew Irvine | |
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Born | Andrew Comyn Irvine 8 April 1902 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
Died | 8 or 9 June 1924 (aged 22) North Face, Mount Everest, Tibet |
Cause of death | Mountaineering accident |
Occupation | Student at Merton College, Oxford |
Andrew Comyn "Sandy" Irvine (8 April 1902 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was a British mountaineer who took part in the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition, the third British expedition to the world's highest (8,848 m) mountain, Mount Everest.
While attempting the first ascent of Mount Everest, he and his climbing partner George Mallory disappeared somewhere high on the mountain's northeast ridge. The pair were last seen alive a few hundred metres from the summit, and it is unknown whether one or both of them reached the summit before they perished. Mallory's body was found in 1999, and Irvine's partial remains were found in 2024.