Remains of climber who went missing 100 years ago found on Everest

KATHMANDU – A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying to reach the summit of the peak 100 years ago, National Geographic magazine reported on Oct 11.

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Climate change is thinning snow and ice around the Himalayas, increasingly exposing the bodies of those who died chasing their dream of scaling the world's highest mountain.

Briton Andrew Irvine went missing in 1924 alongside climbing partner George Mallory as the pair attempted to be the first to reach Everest's summit, 8,848m above sea level.

Mr Mallory's body was found in 1999 but clues about Mr Irvine's fate were elusive until a National Geographic team discovered a boot, still covering the remains of a foot, on the peak's Central Rongbuk Glacier.