THE ATTEMPTS ON EVEREST
YEARLY EXPEDITIONS SUGGESTED VIEWS OF BRITISH PARTY LEADER (Times Cable.) LONDON, July 3. “A succession of yearly expeditions to Mount Everest is wanted,” writes the leader of the British expedition, Mr W. H. Tilman, from the Rongbuk base camp. Summing up the results, he says there was seemingly no lull in 1938 between the winter winds and the first heavy snowfall caused by the early monsoon. “Last year we were told that the situation was exceptionally favourable. Moreover, we saw in 1935 that the mountain could be climbed to the end of June. Now we know that a small expedition can do what is necessary. Such a succession of attempts has become a possibility. I believe that probably a smaller party than the present should come out every May, A favourable season will occur sooner or later, and we have mountaineers capable of taking advantage of it.”
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22445, 5 July 1938, Page 11
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