MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION!
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Published in the Times.)
DELHI, April 11. The main body of the ;Mt. Everest expedition reached Tatung on 4th and traversed the Chunibi Valley, where they discovered extraordinary richness of forest and mountain scenery. The route was very difficult..' They / ex;-’' pected in two days to reach Pharidzong, Whither the whole outfit- was‘despatched from England And: grain stores located. The correspondent adds that remembering the monsoonal weather affects this part of the Himalayas the earliest there is no; time to lose. Probably no more than sis weeks is available from thh time tjhe base cajnp is established at the foot of Mt. Everest till the weather conditions prevent further efforts to scale the mountain! ■' : ' r: - A *
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 12 April 1922, Page 5
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