BATTLE WITH ELEMENTS
EVEREST PARTY’S FAILURE SYMPATHY WITH LEADER (British Official Wireless! RUGBY, June 17. (Received June 18, at 5.5 p.m.) The Mount Everest Committee has sent a telegram to Mr Ruttledge, the leader of the expedition, expressing sympathy in his failure to reach the summit of the mountain and in his being “ compelled to call off your gallant fight with the demon elements, which defended the mountain more thoroughly than ever.”
“ Our regret and sympathy,” the letter adds, “ will surely be shared by your countrymen the world over. We arc glad to think that your final effort brought to light an alternative route which future expeditions may find more practicable. We cannot conclude without congratulating you on having been able, under Providence, to bring your party off the mountain without casualty.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22911, 19 June 1936, Page 13
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