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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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[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

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.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 33 points 1 day ago

[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.

https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/1930/dark-horse-collects-sebela-moustafas-high-crimes

[-] Numenor@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago
[-] Blum0108@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago
[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago
[-] HKPiax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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 14 points 1 day ago

Redo the meme? Like, in GIMP?

[-] HKPiax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I can hear the song through that image

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 23 hours ago

"The Eiger Sanction" has entered the chat...

[-] nonailsleft@lemm.ee -3 points 1 day ago

'Sandy' should have stayed on the sand

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