THE EVEREST CLIMB
ME. S. TUENER'S AMBITION.
Mr. Samuel Turner, of Wellington, a business man who has been able to find time out of an exceedingly active life to climb peaks in the Andes, the Altai (in Siberia), and has the distinction of having climbed Mount Cook alone, is keen to join the Everest climbers when next an attempt is made to conquer the last and highest peak left untrodden by the foot of man. In March last a long article appeared in "The Post" describing Mr. Turner's views on the* subject, when he was in London. He had arrived too late to be included in the expedition; but he hoped to try his luck next year or the year after. * Mr. Turner favourably .impressed Sir Francis Younghusband and the president of the- Boyal Geographical Society with his enthusiasm and his exploits in tho New Zealand Alps. He was able to show when in London a few months ago, speaking to experienced climbers, that the climbing of New Zealand mountains was much more severe,than that of the mountains of Switzerland and Europe generally. One of them recently wrote Mr. Turner: "I am now fully convinced that you are the one man who should have been'included in the Everest Expedition."
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 9
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209THE EVEREST CLIMB Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 9
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