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Mount Everest 1938
Title:
Mount Everest 1938
Tilman, H W
$30.00

Cambridge At the University Press, Nov 1948.

Led by Bill Tilman, the 1938 British Mount Everest expedition was a low-key, low-cost expedition which was unlucky in encountering a very early monsoon. The weather conditions defeated the attempts to reach the summit. The North Col was climbed for the first time from the west and an altitude of 27,200 feet (8,300 m) was reached on the North Ridge.

The expedition demonstrated that a small scheme possibly offered as much chance of reaching the summit as a large one. However, it also showed that the monsoon was not a viable time to be making any summit attempt at least from the north side of Everest, in Tibet. The Sherpas were tremendously improving their climbing technique and for the first time were able to take a leading role, even encouraging the Europeans to continue onwards. The closed-circuit oxygen sets had not been a success but Lloyd found the open-circuit design was a definite advantage above 26,000 feet (7,900 m). It was George Finch who had advocated open-circuit apparatus, against the advice of the other "experts" and this knowledge eventually was used in the planning of the successful 1953 expedition.

Second hand Hardback
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ISBN: 
0000000000
SKU:
88935