EVEREST CLIMB

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18066, 18 April 1933, Page 2

EVEREST CLIMB

AIDED BY FLIGHT /-rTTTT <. - USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS PURNEA (Bihar), April 13. The flight of the Houston Expedi-, tion over the crest,of Mt. Everest, now that 37 of its photographs have been developed, should prove of great assistance to the climbing party. Two of the views of Everest indisputably show the summit from above, one of them being a southward view, showing Lhotsi, with the Everest plume beyond. Another, shows the view from the north-west the summit. A third clearly shows the climbers the bareness of the summit; a fourth, Everest from Makalu, including the connecting razor edge; a fifth, Makalu from over the summit of Everest. These helpful prints will be sent to the climbers, and the negatives will go to London by air mail from Karachi on April 12. Air-Commodore Fellowes’ adventure' yesterday, when he was forced to land after a reconnaissance of Kinchinjunga was due to a movement of his oxygen mask. Ellison’s and Mclntyre’s masks were similarly troublesome. Ellison removed his at 21,000 ft. Mclntyre’s microphone fell off over Everest, freezing his lips and nose. Fellowes was obliged to hold his mask in position to obtain a. proper oxygen supply. The mishap affected his mind and caused him to miss his way. He dropped 2000 ft over Kinchinjunga in a down-draught. He obtained excellent photographs. Natives swarmed about his machine when ho landed at Shampur. Over 3000 wanted to touch the ’plane, until Fellowes opened the throttle and scattered them. t