ODDS AGAINST ASCENT OF EVEREST
COLOMBO, July 25. The Everest climber, Mr F. S. Smythe, said that the odds were 50 to one against scaling Everest. They were very lucky to get one fine day after the monsoon, which was the earliest known.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22464, 27 July 1938, Page 19
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