Javier Sierra reveals the object that will solve the mystery of British Irwin and Mallory’s disappearance on Everest: did they reach the summit?

At an altitude of over 8,000 metres, George Mallory and Andrew Irwin, part of a British expedition, were seen from Everest Base Camp. Practically, just a few steps away from reaching the top.

It was 1924. At that time, no one had reached the summit. It was never known whether they came or not. But…what actually happened? hThere are data and clues that can lead us back into this mystery. Let’s analyze it with Javier Sierra in ‘Herrera in COPE’.

First of all talk about Planeta Award (because he was the winner)Sierra claims that every October 15, her hair grows like thorns. Because “he remembers very well the feeling he felt when he learned that he was among the finalists. I’m sure there are 10 writers waiting to see what decision is made.”

Returning to the subject that will occupy the Sierra section, and to our two adventurous heroes, he points out that “Mallory’s disappearance is the holy grail for mountaineers. Her disappearance aroused many suspicions. They saw. Who went with him to the highest peak of the world. never saw them go down And they concluded that he had lost his life somewhere.” And they did not search for him because there were no means.

Preparation for that date… is not for today. We are talking about this because “National Geographic has made public some results of the climb to Everest. They have saved an ancient leather shoe inside which was a human foot and A sock with the Irwin inscription.”

The interesting thing about this story is that it is not known whether the summit of Everest was touched 30 years later or in 1924. Mallory, when they found her in 1999, HThere are many clues which suggest that he reached that peak.

Sierra responds that “Officially, the person who set foot on Everest in 1953 is Hillary. That is, 29 years into the journey. If they reached the summit, we would never know. And the only possible demonstration would be that they Have reached the pinnacle.” access to With a camera, presumably, if they reached the summit, they took pictures of themselvesBut that camera has not appeared.”

“The door was open that they could reach the top”

Mallory’s body was discovered in 1999. He was 28 years old. He was a veteran of the First World War. They found that there were deep rope marks around her waist. It seems as if he had fallen and “with an interesting little clue. He had his sunglasses in his pocket. Then again, that accident could have happened at night. So the door was left open so they could reach the top.”

So, “the door was left open that they could reach the summit and the discovery of this human leg slightly reopened the hope of finding Irwin’s body.”

To avoid the treasure hunters we do not know the exact place and “interestingly we have to return to that place and try to find the happy chamber which contains the solution to a mystery which is part of the World Heritage Site. Is part of. “

Sebastián Álvaro is one of Spain’s greatest mountaineers. With them we analyze this great mystery. He knows the story inside out because he has written about it. He indicates in this regard that in 2000 he made several documentaries about the reconstruction of this history which the BBC bought from him. And then, 4 years ago and thanks to the pandemic, “I wrote a book that I believe is the most complete copy to understand all the keys to what happened. It also includes the discovery of Irwin’s boot. Is.”

What was discovered from this discovery is that, thanks to items that were taken from Mallory’s pockets and that were not there, “You can guess what might have happened. He had no photograph of his wife, even though he had lots of notes about her.”Even a letter from an old friend. He didn’t even have oxygen cylinders.

And sunglasses, in the pocket. From this it can be inferred that they came down during the evening and evening hours. And they had no oxygen bottles,” meaning that they threw away the bottles when they ran out of oxygen. In fact, one of theWith number 33, was also found in 1999. So, it fits pretty well.”