BRITISH ATTEMPT ON MOUNT EVEREST
BASE CAMP ESTABLISHED ON GLACIER LONDON, May 16. The Times has received a copyright message from Mr H. W. Tilman announcing that after its arrival on April 6 the Mount Everest expedition established a base camp at a height of 18,000 ft on the snout of the East Rongbuk glacier. Stores had been relayed up the glacier to camps Two and Three, which had been established and stocked. Thirty Sherpas have been selected to remain with the party during the assault. The weather was good and sunny and not unbearably cold. The party was suffering from coughs and colds inseparable with the high Himalayan altitudes, but these conditions were no worse than the previous year.
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Southland Times, Issue 23512, 19 May 1938, Page 5
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