Amadablam climb
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Peter Hillary, son of Sir Edmund, will lead a New Zealand expedition in an attempt to climb Mount Amadablam in the Himalayas later this year.
He will leave for Nepal, in,' March with another member ( of the team. Mr Murray! Jones, aged 32, from Crom-I
well. They will help Sir Edmund! Hillary on building projects in Nepal until the arrival of Mr Mervyn English, aged 25, from Dunedin and Mr Geoff Gabites, aged 26, from Dunedin. to complete the team.
Mount Amadablam, described as one of the most( beautiful mountains in the' world, was first conquered by an expedition led by Sir
| Edmund Hillary in 1962. j Other attempts on the] ! 22,500 ft mountain have [failed. ( Peter Hillary, who is 24, ; said in Auckland that his father was providing some I gear and the team members . (were financing themselves, (but they still needed support. (In February the four will [practise on Mount Cook.
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Press, 3 January 1979, Page 4
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