Andrew Irvine on Everest 1924
Andrew Comyn Irvine (1902-24), the British climber, working on an oxygen bottle in the Everest Expedition camp, 1924. Irvine, although a relatively inexperienced climber, was an expert in the maintainence and repair of oxygen tanks and it was for this skill that he was chosen to accompany George Leigh Mallory for their fatal attempt on Everest
Picture No
10217918
Media ID
46004688
Size
5400px x 4231px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Sphere', 12 June 1924, page 36a
Date
1924
