EVEREST CLIMB
PRECIOUS HOURS LOST (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 22nd August, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, 21st. August. Longland and Wynn Harris, the first of the Mount Everest climbers to reach London, state that if Wager and Longland had reached tlie rocks beneath the cone at 9.30 a.m. instead of 12.30 p.m., there was a strong possibility that Everest would have been conquered. The* precious three hours had to _be wasted in ’ reconaissance. “The climbers all lost two stone in weight, but though it was previously thought that appetite disappeared above 23,000 feet, thanks to scientific acclimatisations we found a large number of foods definitely palatable.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 22 August 1933, Page 5
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107EVEREST CLIMB Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 22 August 1933, Page 5
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