The ice axe belonging to Alexander “Sandy” Irvine. On the 30th of May, 1933, nine years after the disappearance of Mallory and Irvine, Percy Wyn-Harris, a member of the fourth British Everest Expedition, discovered an ice axe at around 8,450 m (27,723 ft), about 18 metres (59 ft) below the crest of the Northeast Ridge and some 229 metres (751 ft) east of the First Step. From marks cut into its wooden shaft, it was identified as belonging to Sandy Irvine.
Printed on Hahnemühle archival 308gsm Photorag paper.
The ice axe belonging to Alexander “Sandy” Irvine. On the 30th of May, 1933, nine years after the disappearance of Mallory and Irvine, Percy Wyn-Harris, a member of the fourth British Everest Expedition, discovered an ice axe at around 8,450 m (27,723 ft), about 18 metres (59 ft) below the crest of the Northeast Ridge and some 229 metres (751 ft) east of the First Step. From marks cut into its wooden shaft, it was identified as belonging to Sandy Irvine.
Printed on Hahnemühle archival 308gsm Photorag paper.
