MT. JONSONG.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 June 1930, Page 5

MT. JONSONG.

twice scaled.

(Received Monday, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Sunday.

Messages from the Jonsong Peak base state that Hoerlin and Schneider climbed Mount Jonsong oh June 3, and Prau Dryenfurtli, Kura, Wieland, and Smythe, with two porters, on the 6th. Thus six mountaineers' from four nations have ascended the highest summit yet scaled throughout the world, a practical expression of international feeling which every member of the expedition hopes will cement international friendhsip and goodwill. At the Mount Jonsong base camp on the eleventh of June Smythe, relating his experiences when climbing Mt. Jonsong, said: Our party spent the night on the mountain side encamped below an ice wall, offering poor shelter from the gale. When the climb began sudden blasts brought a torrent of snoiv . which forced . the climbers to crouch before its bitter fury. It became necessary to cut ice steps which, at 20,000 feet, was a most strenuous task, requiring a cessation m order to regain breath every few minutes. Finally Smythe and Kurz almost reached the summit. Members of the expedition are departing for Darjeeling, all fit, but everyone has lost a stone in weight.— ‘Times.