A Rediscovered Everest Boot Could Rewrite the Summit Mystery

A boot bearing the name A.C. Irvine found on Everest reopens questions about the 1924 Mallory–Irvine expedition. Summers and Hemmleb’s The Everest Mystery revisits Irvine’s life and the attempt to climb the peak, exploring whether the pair might have reached the summit, how oxygen gear influenced the climb, and the legacy of the expedition amid reports of post‑expedition sightings and China’s early Everest expeditions.