Everest 2005: Mallory and Irvine The Final Chapter: The horror of it all...

How do we summarize Mallory and Irvine 2005? Probably in 3 parts, and then a Q&A if you wish....

A.) The horror of it all. Addressing the rumors...

B.) "it is very possible to go that way staying on the ridge"

C.) Have you ever looked at DV film for 3 hours or more?

The hard one: The horror of it all.

One set of climbers saw "body parts" in 2005. We saw many body parts in 2004. We were prepared to see body parts in 2004. In 2005, the climbers frankly probably were not prepared to see "body parts". One "climber/body" is interesting based on the description given to us. What appears to have been observed when we say "climber" was a upper part of a body or maybe better described as the upper part of a torso.  Another group also stated they had seen a body or the upper part of a body from a distance. We need to compare notes and pictures to see if this "body" is the same.

Probably best described as "the horror of it all".

The upper part of the torso was discovered and legally buried with a prayer. This torso has yet to be positively identified. It might not be possible to positively identify the torso because of the condition. At EverestNews.com we are waiting for the pictures and the film. We supported these climbers in 2004, but they were all independent...

Mostly film was taken which is excellent for determining where the climbers were, however is not the best for display purposes nor for fine detail. No camera or large objects were found with the "climber/body". Hopefully, in the next few months we hope to better evaluate who this body was, based on the evidence submitted to us. Several other dead climbers were observed which were "known" dead climbers.

Looking at pictures of dead climbers is not fun, in fact after looking at the first set in 2004, we deleted the pictures from our computers. The pictures can stay on CD's and DV film...

Our Theory

We returned to Mount Everest in search of an answer.

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