EVEREST EXPEDITION

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 2, 27 September 1921, Page 5

EVEREST EXPEDITION

RECONNAISSANCES TO FIND AN . APPROACH ' A POSSIBLE ROUTE By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright London, September 24. The Mount Everest expedition, in a dispatch' from Kharta dated September 1, says that after fruitless reconnaissances to ~ find an approach, Bullock, Moorshead, and Mallory followed tho Kharta Valley towards Us source. They met' with the greatest difficulty, and were knee-deep in snow. They reached Col Height, twenty-three thousand feet, facing the north ridge. Everest whs a mile away, across tho glacier. It was* decided that it was possible to reach the northern ridge from the valley, but warm weather and soft snow rendered an immediate advance impossible. Preparations were made to start ns soon' as the anow freezes. A base camp was established at a height of 17,500 ft., a. second camp at 20,000 ft., and it is proposed to establish'others at 2.],000ft. and 24,000 feet, on the slopes of Everest itself, and th collect stores ready for the final advance. The (party returned to Kharta to rest, and to whit’ for favourable weather.—“ The Timos.”