EVEREST CLIMB.
FAILURE OF EXPEDITION. BY CABLE- PRKso ASSOCIATION— COPYP.IGHT Received July 16, 10.30 a.m. _ DELHI, July 14. Norton, of tho .Everest Expedition, in a final despatch', discussing some of the reasons tor the failure, pys: “The thing that really matters is the lack of oxygen. This not merely makes itself felt when the men are walking uphill, but it permeates and dominates eveiy minute of the climber’s life and saps all his energy. The effects or exertion and altitude increase consistently right to the ton of the mountain, and determination" and the 'ru c '. ollc l. lier is seriously weakened. Ihe rapid intake of breath causes desiccation of the whole bodily system, accompanied by intense depression of the syi rits. ’ ’
Lie ute nan t. -Co1oiie1" Nort o n adds: The monsoon season has definitely set in, and the expedition has shot its bolt, ihe members are recuperating in a sheltered valley, whence they will return to Darjeeling— Sydney Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 July 1924, Page 9
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161EVEREST CLIMB. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 July 1924, Page 9
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