GERMAN EXPEDITION
OVERWHELMED BY AVALANCHE ■* SIXTEEN KILLED ESCAPE OF LEADER [United Press Aenonintinn-Ry Eleetrio Telegraph-Copy right I (Received 21st June, 11.30 a.m.) SIMLA, 20th June. An avalanche overwhelmed the German Mt. Nangaparbat expedition, killing 7 climbers and nine Gurkha porters, but the leader, Dr. Karl Wein, escaped, ARTICLE PUBLISHED FROM MEMBER (Received 21st June, noon) BERLIN, 20th June. By coincidence the “Volkischer Beobachter” publishes an article dated 20th May by Martin Pfeffer, a member of the expedition, announcing that they had reached the main camp on the snowline, at an altitude of 10,900 feet, and were hoping to launch an attack on the sumimt within the month. He adds that Professor C. Troll, of the Berlin University, “whom science has led elsewhere,” quitted the expedition on-17th May.
A Berlin message published on 20th February, stated that financed by the German Himalayan foundation, an expedition, led by Dr. Karl Widen, Professor of Geography at Munich, was going to India in an attempt to scale Mt. Nangaparbat. The British and Indian authorities promised assistance. Seven experienced mountaineers were accompanying the expedition, including three members of former Himalayan parties.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 21 June 1937, Page 5
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