ATTEMPT TO CLIMB HIMALAYAN PEAK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 June 1939, Page 13

ATTEMPT TO CLIMB HIMALAYAN PEAK

A NEW ZEALAND PARTY ie p.a.—H.v Bluetrio Telegraph— Copyrierhtl 10 - - - ar CHRISTCHURCH, 9th June. !ie Eight New Zealand alpine climbers -l t .re making plans to attempt a climb ns u Kinchinjunga, in the Himalaya nt ' ountains. The expedition will take .'•ace next year, and of the party as ve •: anned at present five will be drawn or ni Christchurch, r- Kinchinjunga, which is the third as j ghest peak in the world, is generally asli .garded as a more difficult climb than e- j A.ouut Everest- it is 28,146 feet high, ne | compared with Everest a 29,141 feet ii, I iu d Godwin Austen’s 28,250 feet. ; The expedition has been under conj sxderation for the last two years, and J extensive negotiations have been car- 1

s D ried on with the Government of India l for permits, which are necessary. The u size of the party—eight—is considered s j to be the minimum with which such \ I;) bold project could be attempted, j All arrangements with the New Zeajl land Department of Internal Affairs for j f oassports and other documents have 1 been completed, and the present in-1 tention is to sail from New Zealand l t about the middle of 1940 so that the j attempt can be made on the peak in . August of that year.