Andrew Irvine

Andrew "Sandy" Conwyn Irvine (8 April 1902 – 8 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the 1924 British 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 sighted only a few hundred metres from the summit. Mallory's body was found in 1999, but Irvine's body has never been found.

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Andrew Irvine
Alias (AKA)Irvine Andrew Comyn (full name)
Birth dateApril 08, 1902
Birth nameAndrew Conwyn Irvine
Birth place
Cheshire , England , Merseyside , Birkenhead
Date of deathJune 08, 1924
Place of death
Tibet , Mount Everest

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