EVEREST EXPEDITION.
ADVANCE PARTY STARTS.
ELABORATE EQUIPMENT. Times. LONDON. May 27. The Times has received an exclusive despatch from Colonel Howard Bury, leader of the adventurous expedition, which hopes to conquer Mount Everest. He describes the start from Darjeeling. The advance party left on May 13, going up Teesta Valley to correct maps. The main body left in two sections from Government House on May 18 and 19, in monsoon-like weather and torrential downpours, the mountains being veiled by thick clouds. The principal transport consists of 100 mules and drivers.
Hillmen from Northern India, in preparation for the great adventure, have been en route marching for weeks past. Forty Sherpa coolies, drawn from villages close to Everest., never before visited by Europeans, provide a porter corps. They are strong and sturdy, with an amazing sense of humour. Their strangest characteristic is huge feet, which made their fitting out in boots a tough problem. The expedition is fully equipped with medical, geological, botanical, and zoological experts, and complete equipment for surveying and photographic apparatus, and arrangements have been made to develop the results.at Tibet.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19210530.2.87
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17794, 30 May 1921, Page 7
Word Count
183EVEREST EXPEDITION. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17794, 30 May 1921, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.