MANY EXPERTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 240, 10 October 1932, Page 7

MANY EXPERTS.

New British Expedition for Everest. KING'S PRACTICAL AID. (British Official "Wireless.) RUGBY, October 9. Eleven British mountaineering experts liave been invited to take part in the Mount Everest expedition which is to. leave England early next year under the leadership of Mr. Hugh Buttledge. These include Mr. P. S. Smythe, who led the successful last year to the top of Mount Kamet, tht! highest peak ever scaled by man, and some of his companions on that venture, including Captain E. St. J. Birnie, Mr. E. E. Shipton and Dr. Baymond Greene.

Among the others, all of whom although young have had great experience, ate' Messrs. Noel Odell, E. Shebbeare, C. Crawford, Captain Boustead, who took part in earlier Everest expeditions, Dr. McLean, Mr. Wyn Harris' and Mr. J. Longland, climbers who have distinguished themselves in the Alps and elsewhere.

A cheque for £100 has been Bent by the King toward the expenses of the expedition, with a letter expressing His Majesty's good wishes for its success.

The letter says it is with great satisfaction that the King has heard that Mr. Hugh Buttledge has been appointed commander of the expedition, as hid knowledge of mountaineering and intimate acquaintance with the Himalayan people and Tibetans render him eminently fitted for that post.