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Human remains found on Mount Everest apparently belong to famed climber who vanished 100 years ago

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Andrew Irvine went missing in 1924 while trying to be the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest .

A boot, still clothing the remains of a foot, was found on the peak's Central Rongbuk Glacier .

A sock with a red label with "a red label that has A.C. IRVINE stitched into it," National Geographic magazine reports.

Irvine family reportedly offered to share DNA samples to confirm the identity of the remains.

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