Remains of Everest explorer Sandy Irvine discovered 100 years after his disappearance (archaeologymag.com)
from fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc to world@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 11:32
https://lemmy.federate.cc/post/1330495

The remains believed to belong to Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine, who disappeared alongside George Mallory in 1924 while attempting to conquer the world’s highest peak, have likely been found. The discovery was made by a National Geographic team during the filming of a documentary, reigniting discussions about whether the duo managed to reach the summit before their deaths.

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MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 11:33 next collapse

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Dagwood222@lemm.ee on 16 Oct 12:04 next collapse

[off topic]

“High Crimes” is a novel about a disgraced Olympian who gets a job as a corpse retriever on Mt. Everest. The families of dead climbers pay her to find and bring back the frozen bodies of their relatives.

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Numenor@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 12:51 collapse

Any good?

Blum0108@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 13:09 next collapse

It has its ups and downs.

SirSamuel@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 13:23 collapse

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HKPiax@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 14:46 collapse

I love this meme, though here on Lemmy the up arrow would be blue/purple. I say we redo this meme for Lemmy with blackjack and hookers.

SirSamuel@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 15:20 collapse

Redo the meme? Like, in GIMP?

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HKPiax@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 15:25 collapse

I can hear the song through that image

Dagwood222@lemm.ee on 16 Oct 17:49 collapse

“The Eiger Sanction” has entered the chat…

nonailsleft@lemm.ee on 16 Oct 17:30 next collapse

‘Sandy’ should have stayed on the sand

Akasazh@feddit.nl on 17 Oct 11:24 collapse

Irvine, then 22 years old

“Sandy was an exceptional figure and made a significant contribution to our understanding of Everest and the Himalaya.”

I’m of the opinion that the most damning legacy of this young boy was, with his cold grave creating a mythos of gentlemanly exploring and heroism that people till this day take the wrong lesson from.

People should be thinking about the waste of life and potential that brought us this morcel of effigy, however it spawned a throng of rich folk who want to be dragged up this growing altar of human hubris, adorned with tons of waste and sometimes sacrifice themselves on her -once pristine- flanks to begin unneeded warnings for their future followers.

It’s disgusting what that mountain has become and this young lad, unfortunately, has contributed nothing to peoples understanding, rather set a questionable example.