Andrew "Sandy" Irvine disappeared at the age of 22 along with his co-climber, the legendary George Mallory, near Everest's peak on June 8, 1924

LONDON — The partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest are believed to have been found a century after their ascent of the world’s highest peak, according to an expedition led by National Geographic.

The foot was found encased in a sock with the name "AC Irvine" embroidered on it by a climbing team on the North Face of the 8,849-metre mountain.

Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine went missing on the upper slopes of the mountain with George Mallory in June 1924

hey were last seen when they were about 800 feet from the summit

A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying to summit the peak 100 years ago, National Geographic magazine reported Friday. Climate change is thinning snow and ice around the Himalayas, increasingly exposing the bodies of mountaineers who died chasing…

Andrew “Sandy” Irvine disappeared at age 22 along with his co-climber, the legendary George Mallory, near Everest's peak on June 8, 1924.