This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... They tilted toward it. The Tibetan struggle for independence from China has long captivated the West.

Foot, boot and sock believed to belong to Sandy Irvine, who disappeared in a 1924 expedition, according to National Geographic.

I n September, a National Geographic team led by celebrated filmmaker and explorer Jimmy Chin made a monumental discovery on Mount Everest's Central Rongbuk Glacier: a boot with a ...

The National Geographic team's find provides an important ... The climbing crew packed its find into a cooler and turned it over to the China-Tibet Mountaineering Association, but not before ...