How a missing Kodak camera could FINALLY prove if Sandy Irvine and George Mallory were first to reach Everest summit

A missing Kodak camera could finally prove if Sandy Irvine and George Mallory were the first to reach Everest summit, after the potential discovery of Irvine's remains. The pair were carrying one that, if found, might contain pictures proving they reached the summit nearly 30 years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953 This is the camera crews may be searching for, which Mallory borrowed from fellow mountaineer Howard Somervell What is believed to be Irvine's foot, encased in his sock and boot, was found on Everest's Central Rongbuk Glacier, below the mountain's North Face and at a lower altitude than where Mallory's remains were discovered in 1999. One of Irvine's feet was found several hundred feet beneath where Mallory's body was discovered in 1999 The foot and boot was found on Everest's Central Rongbuk Glacier, below the mountain's North Face and at a lower altitude than where Mallory's remains were found in 1999 A small team made up of Oscar-winning director and climber Jimmy Chin and fellow climbers and filmmakers Erich Roepke and Mark Fisher made the discovery recently, National Geographic revealed today. An artist's impression of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine climbing up the Second Step on Everest Andrew Irvine, the British climber, is pictured working on an oxygen bottle in the Everest Expedition camp in 1924 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on their return to Everest's Camp IV, the advanced base, after their successful assault on the mountain, May 29, 1953 Professor Joe Smith, director of the Royal Geographical Society, said of the discovery: 'As joint organiser of the 1924 Everest expedition, the Society deeply appreciates the respect Jimmy Chin's team has shown Sandy Irvine's remains and their sensitivity toward Sandy's family members and others connected to that expedition.'