SCALING EVEREST
BASE CAMP ESTABLISHED. LONDON, September 24. A despatch from the Mount Everest Expedition, dated Kharta, September l, states that after fruitless reconnaissances to find an approach, Messrs Bullock. Moors heel, and Mallory followed the Kharta \ alley towards the source of the river. They experienced the greatest difficulty in travelling, owing to the snow, which was knee-deep. The party reached a col at a height of 23,000 ft, facing the north ridge of Mount Everest, a mile away across a glacier. They decided that it was possible to reach the’northern ridge from tne valley, but the warm weather and the sort snow rendered an immediate advance impossible. Preparations are -being made to start as soon as the snow freezes. cai-v. was established at a height of i . ,I'CGft and :■ second camp at 20,000 ft. - propose] to establish others at fg •-*/.> and 24,000 ft on the slopes of 'ui at. Everest itself, and to collect stores rt*ady ;or the final advance. The party returned to Kharta to rest '■ waiting favourable weather.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3525, 4 October 1921, Page 28
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