LEADING ATTACK ON MOUNT EVEREST
The choice of the leader of the attack on the Himalayan giant Everest, the highest mountain in the world, to be made this year, was not easy, states the monthly bulletin of the Indian section of the Empire Press Union. Many would have been proud of the honour, and several besides Mr H. W. Tilman, who has been selected, had strong claims, Mr F, S. Smythe being outstanding. Many factors have to be considered in deciding upon leadership, and Mr Tilman adds to youth, courage, and great achievement as a climber the calm temperament needed when grave decisions have to be made with victory and possible disaster in the balance. His climbing of Nanda Devi, the highest peak in the Empire, was a fine feat, and all will hope that the weather will give the leader of the 1938 expedition the chance to add to it the conquest of Everest. He learned all there is to know about the approaches to the summit during the 1935 climbs, and he will lead a smaller and betterparty than has ever yet set out on the great adventure.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22335, 24 February 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)
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