ASSAULT ON EVEREST
BRITISH EXPEDITION BASE CAMP ESTABLISHED CHEST TROUBLE PREVALENT Times Cable LONDON, May 16 A copyright message to the Times from Mr. W. H. Tilman, leader of the British Everest expedition, announces that after arrival on April 6 the expedition established a base camp at a height of 18,000 ft. on the snout of East Rongbuk Glacier. Stores have been relayed up to the glacier camps, two and three having been established and stocked. Thirty Sherpas have been selected to remain with the party during the assault. The weather is good and sunny and not unbearably cold. The members of the party are suffering from coughs and colds inseparable from high Himalayan altitudes, but no worse than in previous years.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23040, 18 May 1938, Page 13
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