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In this photo provided by National Geographic on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a view of a sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine", along with a boot, discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. (Jimmy Chin/National Geographic via AP)

Partial remains of British climber believed found 100 years after Everest ascent

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

British mountaineers George Mallory is seen with Andrew Irvine at the base camp in Nepal, both members of the Mount Everest expeditions 1922 and 1924, as they get ready to climb the peak of Mount Everest June 1924. It is the last image of the men before they disappeared in the mountain. George Mallory’s final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago tried to ease her worries though he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak were “50 to 1 against us.” (AP Photo, File)

George Mallory’s last letter from Everest said odds of reaching top were ‘50 to 1 against us’

By Brian Melley - Associated Press