EVEREST CUMBERS
WAITING FOR WEATHER
UNDER GREAT ICE WALL
! ; LONDON, May 3. Mr. Hugh Buttledgc, leader of the Mount Everest expedition, and Ms party, have reached camp No. 4, on the North Col, 23,000 ft up, and are sheltering under the great ico wall, states the "Daily Mail's" special correspondent at. Gangtok. They are awaiting an improvement in the weather before beginning their increasingly precipitous climb. The summit at present is obliterated by a raging blizzard. Two higher camps are essential before tho party will attain the north ridge from which the final assault will be made. This is the most perilous of the whole climb. The distance is 2000 feet, which must be covered in, one 'day, as it is unsheltered. Death is certain at this altitude if the climber is overcome by snows at night time. In a wireless message from his base camp, via Gangtok, dated - Bongbuk, Tuesday, Mr. Bnttledge describes the movements since the beginning of the expedition on April 2. He refers to the arrival at Eongbuk Valley, with its desolate scenery. The party camped at the monastery, where the Lead Lama was very friendly, and blessed the entire personnel of the expedition. The Lama was extremely sympathetic with the previous expeditions., "We arrived at the base camp on Faster Monday," says Mr. Euttledge. "Mount Everest was only twelve miles away* All tho members are in tho best of spirits. The weather, except for a few days, was better than previous expeditions, experienced, although, wo arc travelling earlier in the year. We are now beside a frozen lake. ' The neighbourhood is devoid of life except for a hermit, .who' is existing in solitude ou a moraine behind the camp. He has been hero for two years, and intends to stay for the rest of his life. • "The memorial cairn built in 1924 in memory of the three previous expeditions is now in ruins, but we managed to piece together part of the inscription. " ■ "The personnel is now busy sorting rations, overhauling tents, and tending to the wireless apparatus." / ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 103, 4 May 1933, Page 11
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343EVEREST CUMBERS Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 103, 4 May 1933, Page 11
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