MOUNT KAMET.
FILM OF EXPEDITION'S SUCCESS. ( DISPLAY At BUCKINGHAM PALACE. (BKITISH OFFICIAL WIEELESS.) ' (Received March 4th, 5.5 p.tu.) RUGBY, March 3. ' Their Majesties, the King and Quean in the big ..ballroom of Buckingham Palace, saw the film .by the British Himalayan Expedition which was led by. F. 8, Smytlie, and which reached the of Mt. Kamet (25,447 ft), the highest peak ever scaled by man. [Last June members of a small British Himalayan expedition, led by the ■ youthful mountaineer, Mr I. b. Smvthe, succeeded .in reaching the summit of.Mt..Kamet. Mr Smythe was a. member of the expedition to Mt. Kanciienjunga (28,156 ft) in 1930. Mt." Kamet stands in the United Provinces and is -the,-second, highest peak in the Empire... Nine previous attempts were made on Mt. Kamet without success. It was reported from London on February 21st that the King had commanded a special - showing ; .of the Mt. Kamet film, his . Majesty/s act being the outcome of a protest that •'he cinema companies had- declined to handle it owing to the lack ot - love interest.] . • • • -
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20488, 5 March 1932, Page 15
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175MOUNT KAMET. Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20488, 5 March 1932, Page 15
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