The Mountain World, Volume 1G. Allen and Unwin, Limited, 1953 - Mountaineering |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
MOUNT EVEREST 1952 | 17 |
North to Everest By Elizabeth S Cowles | 35 |
Copyright | |
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acclimatisation afternoon Alpine altitude Andrées Land arrived ascent Asper attack Aubert avalanches base camp Bolivian Chevalley climb climbers cold comrades coolies couloir crampons crevasses crossed Darjeeling descended Dittert Dudh Kosi Eperon des Genevois equipment expedition face fjord Flory followed foot geological Greenland Gustav Hasler height Himalaya Hofstetter ice-axe ice-cap ice-fall Illampu Illimani immense Jossi Katmandu Khola Khumbu Glacier lake Lama Lambert Land Lhotse loads lower massif monsoon moraine morning Mount Everest mountain Namche Bazar nappes Nepal Nepalese night North Col north summit north-west Nunatak Nuptse oxygen party pass peak photographs pitched Plate plateau porters Pumori reached Rebitsch reconnaissance ridge Roch rock Rongbuk rope route scree séracs Sherpas side skis sleeping-bags slopes snow Solimana South South Col steep Tensing tent Thyangboche Tibet Tibetan Tilman took track upper valley village weather Western Cwm wind zone