When the body of George Mallory was found clad in hobnail boots just 2,000 feet from the summit of Everest, historians raised the tantalising possibility that he may have been the first man to reach the top of the world's tallest mountain - 29 years before the first confirmed ascent. But two crucial mysteries still remain unsolved after the 1999 discovery: what had happened to the body of his climbing partner Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine, and where was the Vest Pocket Kodak (VPK) camera they were said to be carrying that might contain crucial photographs proving the men had reached the top of Everest in their 1924 expedition?As a result, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay continue to be credited with being the first climbers to reach the top of the Himalayan mountain - which straddles Nepal and - in their 1953 expedition.
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