COMMITTEE’S MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY
Everest Party’s Failure
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received June 18, 5.5 p.m.)
Rugby, June 17.
The Mt. Everest committee has sent a telegram to Mr. Hugh Ruttledge, leader of the British expedition, expressing sympathy at their failure to reach the summit of the mountain and being “compelled to call off your gallant fight with the demon elements, which have defended the mountain more thoroughly than ever. Our regret and sympathy will surely be shared by your countrymen the world over.
“We are glad to think that your final effort has brought to light an alternative route, which future expeditions may find more practicable. We cannot conclude without congratulating you on having been able, under Providence, to bring your party off the mountain without casualty.”
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 225, 19 June 1936, Page 11
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