EVEREST ATTEMPT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 134, 9 June 1933, Page 7

EVEREST ATTEMPT.

Reported Abandonment of Climb.

MONSOON THE TROUBLE,

LONDON, June 8. The Bangkok correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says the Mount Everest climbers have temporarily abandoned their attempts to reach the summit. Another four days of fine weather are necessary to establish themselves in camp No. G. The climbers are not likely to be equal to the effort even if the Aveather unexpectedly improved. It .is officially stated that they may remain in the camps for.the duration of the monsoon, but those who are acquainted with the Himalayas consider this will be impossible as blizzards may isolate the camps for days.

RADIO ACHIEVEMENT. Base Camp Talks to Government House, Bengal. NOT YET BEATEN. (Received 10 a.m.) . LONDON, June 8. The "Daily Telegraph" Darjeeling correspondent says that the wireless operators attached to the Everest expedition achieved remarkable transmission on Wednesday when they called up Government House, where the Governor of Bengal, Sir John Anderson, conversed with Mr. E. O. Shebbeare and Mr. Frank Smythe at the base camp. Mr. Shebbeare said that all the members of the expedition were in good health, and Mr. Smythe said it should not be thought that they were yet beaten. The Governor replied that he was following the progress of the climbers with the greatest admiration and he wished them success.