The comic references Sandy Irvine, who was with George Mallory (the “because it’s there” guy) on the 1924 attempt to summit Mt. Everest. There is speculation and some circumstantial evidence that one or both of them succeeded (which would have beaten Edmund Hillary by nearly forty years) but since neither made it down the mountain alive there is no definitive proof. Mallory’s remains were found in 1999.
It wasn’t embroidered. It was on a name plate stamped on the sock. It was Everest and his name was (or should I hold out hope and say “is”?) Andrew Irvine.
lavender headgear about 1 month ago
I smell a plot. Who embroiders their names on their socks?
wi3leong Premium Member about 1 month ago
Just a foot? Someone could find the climber again. And again. And again…
The Wolf In Your Midst about 1 month ago
Risking a lonely and miserable death just so you can brag about it to strangers.
Kalli J Premium Member about 1 month ago
The comic references Sandy Irvine, who was with George Mallory (the “because it’s there” guy) on the 1924 attempt to summit Mt. Everest. There is speculation and some circumstantial evidence that one or both of them succeeded (which would have beaten Edmund Hillary by nearly forty years) but since neither made it down the mountain alive there is no definitive proof. Mallory’s remains were found in 1999.
Milady Meg about 1 month ago
It wasn’t embroidered. It was on a name plate stamped on the sock. It was Everest and his name was (or should I hold out hope and say “is”?) Andrew Irvine.
I wonder if they’ll find the Yeti that ate him.
Stephen Gilberg about 1 month ago
He might have left the mountain and died elsewhere of unrelated causes.
Bilan about 1 month ago
Your foot . . . don’t leave Mt Everest without it.
c001 about 1 month ago
Serves you right.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 29 days ago
……and so it goes………
Izzy Moreno 28 days ago
Who’s to say someone didn’t steal his socks?