The remains of George Leigh Mallory as discovered by the 1999 Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition at 27,000 feet on the North Face of Mount Everest, May 1, 1999.
Layers of clothing taken from the remains of George Leigh Mallory on May 1, 1999. These were the layers of clothes Mallory wore on summit day on Mount Everest on June 8, 1924, when he disappeared 1,000 feet below the summit with Andrew "Sandy" Comyn Irvine.
Conrad Anker attempts to free climb the notorious Second Step on the Northeast Ridge of Everest on May 17, 1999. Dave Hahn belays him immediately below.