Forerunners to Everest: The Story of the Two Swiss Expeditions of 1952, by René Dittert, Gabriel Chevalley [and] Raymond LambertStory of the two Swiss expeditions of 1952. |
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afternoon Ajiba altitude Ama Dablam arrived ascended Asper Aubert avalanches Banepa base camp boots Buzio Camp II Camp VII carried Chevalley Cho Oyu climb clouds cold comrades coolies couloir crampons crest crevasse crossed Dawa Thondup descend despite difficult Dittert Dudh Kosi Dyhrenfurth Eperon equipment Everest everything expedition face fatigue feet fixed ropes Flory Goundin Gross halt Hofstetter icefall Katmandu Khola Khumbu glacier Kosi Lambert and Tensing leave Lhotse glacier loads Lobuje looked Mingma Dorje mist monsoon morning mountains moved Namche Bazar Namgyal night Norbu November Nuptse o'clock ourselves oxygen party Pasang passed pitched porters Pumori reached reconnaissance ridge Ringmo Roch rock route rupees sahibs Sarki seemed séracs Sherpas sleep sleeping-bag slope snow South South Col summit Sun Kosi tent three Sherpas tomorrow took track tsampa valley village wait weather Western Cwm wind Wyss yards