It sounds like they found Irvine’s foot part-frozen in the glacier. If the same has happened to the camera, it’s going to be junk. Glacial movement crushes and grinds everything to fragments given time. Almost certain the camera case would have at least been cracked and the plates spoilt, even if they survived the fall in the first place.
First human to die in Space record still up for grabs.
Well of course he would say that…if Mallory and/or Irvine made it, then he wouldn’t be counted as the first.
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Komarov?
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First astronaut, who died in space: Soyuz -1
But have any astronauts died in space, not in training? Sadly, yes. Vladimir Komarov was the first astronaut who died directly in space. This was the first mission of the Soviet Soyuz-1 spacecraft on 23rd April 1967. Komarov was supposed to test the ship in manned mode and conduct the world’s first docking in space with another Soyuz-2 spacecraft. The mission also involved the transition of two Soyuz-2 astronauts through outer space to Soyuz-1. However, the plan never succeeded, and Komarov became the first astronaut lost in space.
Gone with the space: astronauts lost in space forever - Orbital Today
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Oh yes.
Fact checked cause I didn’t set the rules.
But he died on impact according to your link.
Laika died in space. This is what I meant.
The Soyuz 11 cosmonauts definitely died in space though, didn’t they?
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Using link above.
"On 29th June, Soyuz-11 successfully undocked and began deorbiting. However, shortly after the separation from the ship, communication with the astronaut crew was interrupted. The descent vehicle landed successfully in the assigned area, but the rescue team found the astronauts dead.
It was found that astronaut death occurred as a result of depressurisation and abrupt onset of decompression sickness. The astronauts tried to eliminate the air leak; however, in the extreme conditions of the fog that filled the cabin after depressurisation, severe pain throughout the body and lost hearing due to burst eardrums, the astronauts did not immediately establish the cause of the leak and simply did not have enough time to save themselves. "
Yes.
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Pffft.
Take it to the off-the-world news thread.
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“In 1923, famed mountaineer George Mallory uttered one of the most famous quotes of all time when asked why he was attempting to summit Mount Everest. “Because it’s there ,” he said. Mallory disappeared on Everest the following year, and to this day, no one knows if he ever made it to the top before his demise.”
Seriously, balls the size of coconuts. " I say old chap, fancy a spot of climbing in Tibet next week? Jolly good, tally ho then. Iriving, well he’s not really a climber- but a strapping young lad, and in the coxless 4’s at Oxford!"
In a time where it could be said ambition was far outweighing ability/technology, I can only admire and wonder at what made people like this tick.
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Similar to Lawrence Oates and his suicide by blizzard. On his 32nd birthday.
“I am just going outside and may be some time.”
*Scott’s Antarctic expedition for those unfamiliar.
There are always those drawn to the severe, and exploration of the unknown.
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Ernst shakelton and him getting the endurance frozen in Antarctica and his journey back home always completely dumbfounds me.
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Big day for mountaineering news…
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I have been to Nepal twice. the first time was in July 1977, the wrong season/time of year for trekking. The second time was in January 2000. Both times l have gone to the Annapurna region. Annapurna is 4 mountains, 1, 2, 3 and South. In the middle of them is Machapuchare (spellings may differ). It is often called the Matterhorn of The Himalayas, only it has two peaks and at 6997 metres is some 1500 metres higher than the Matterhorn. However it is considerably smaller than any of the Annapurna peaks, although it looks like the jewel in the Annapurna crown. The name means fish tail in Nepalese, and it has never been climbed. Apparently a team of Japanese climbers attempted it around 1997, and ominously their bodies have been recovered. It remains my favourite mountain. When l was able to trek there in 2000, l watched ice crystals being blown off the peak to form instant clouds.
Machapuchare
Mountain
Machapuchare, Machhapuchchhre or Machhapuchhre, is a mountain situated in the Annapurna massif of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. Wikipedia
- Location: North Central Nepal
- Latitude: 28.495
- Longitude: 83.949165
- Mountain Range: Annapurna Himalayas
- First Ascent: Unclimbed
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The report of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory , including East Jerusalem and Israel, is hard reading.
It addresses Israel attacks on health facilities , treatment of civilians, including detainees, together with the treatment of Israeli hostages and causes of death of some hostages.
The report finds that Israel and Palestine armed groups were responsible for torture and sexual and gender based violence. It also finds that Israel has conducted a concerted policy to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system,
It applies the same factual evidence based and legal methodology as that of the report on human rights abuses in the Russia Ukraine War.
Referencing the ICJ ruling, the report concludes that there is evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The report will be considered at the UNGA session on 20 October.
The report, available in English, French and Hebrew, is available on the OHCHR site in summary and in full ( Document A/79/232)
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Iran 
suspects that the IRGC officer who interrogated Esmail Qaani (Head of IRGC Quds Forces) on suspicion of being an Israeli 
agent, and caused him to suffer a heart attack, is the real Israeli agent. He is now being interrogated by another IRGC officer.
Latest reporting from the UN is that only 2 weeks of food supplies remain in northern Gaza. The only border entry is closed and because of internal restrictions on movement, UN and NGO supplies cannot be moved from other storages in Gaza.
Additionally, the supply of bread is limited because few bakeries remain operational in the area.
Unless there are improvements, many civilians, including children could die of starvation.
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German MPs have been active in proposing amendments to laws covering the judiciary, to protect it from being captured by the far right if it gains government.
Proposals include maximum number of judges, fixed terms and statutory retirement ages.
Maybe learning a lesson from the US Supreme Court, where the Constitution doesn’t guarantee a non partisan or balanced judiciary
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