White Limbo: The First Australian Climb of Mt. Everest |
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Page 28
... monsoon season . All previous attempts had taken place during the pre- monsoon season . Shipton was given the chance to prove the potential of small , light- weight and therefore inexpensive expeditions . His team consisted of Tilman ...
... monsoon season . All previous attempts had taken place during the pre- monsoon season . Shipton was given the chance to prove the potential of small , light- weight and therefore inexpensive expeditions . His team consisted of Tilman ...
Page 31
... monsoon expedition and , if that failed , another attempt during the post - monsoon season . The Swiss had to cope with the psychological factor of breaking completely new ground where the dangers ahead were totally unknown . Of the ...
... monsoon expedition and , if that failed , another attempt during the post - monsoon season . The Swiss had to cope with the psychological factor of breaking completely new ground where the dangers ahead were totally unknown . Of the ...
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... monsoon clouds revealed our route . No other mountains could be seen . In order to climb in the settled weather at the end of the monsoon it is necessary to arrive in Kathmandu and travel to the base camp while the rains are still in ...
... monsoon clouds revealed our route . No other mountains could be seen . In order to climb in the settled weather at the end of the monsoon it is necessary to arrive in Kathmandu and travel to the base camp while the rains are still in ...
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abseiled Advance Base Camp Ama Dablam anchor Andy Henderson Andy's Annapurna II Anyemaqen arrived ascent attempt Australia avalanche bad weather Beijing bergschrund boots camera Changtse China Chinese Cho Oyu cliff climb Everest climbers clouds cold Colin Couloir crampons crevasse Dablam danger descend equipment exhausted expedition felt film crew fixed rope gear Geof Bartram Greg and Andy Greg's gully high altitude Himalayan Howard huge hundred metres ice-axe Jim Duff Khumbutse kilometres lack of oxygen ledge Lhasa loads looked Macartney-Snape mess tent Mike mind monsoon morning moun mountain Mt Everest Narayan and Tenzing needed Nepal night North Face Nuptse organised pack peak problem Pumori Qomolangma radio river rock rockclimbing Rongbuk Glacier route seemed skis sleeping bags snow cave spent steep stoves thousand metres Tibet Tibetan Tim Macartney-Snape took valley wait walked walls West Ridge White Limbo wind worry Xigatse yaks Zealand