MOUNT EVEREST
FURTHER REPORTS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. London, Sept. 22. The Mount Everest expedition continues its explorations in unfavorable weather. Colonel Bury’s party crossed the Hamjunla Ridge at a height of 15,000 feet, and thence proceeded through a valley with fourteen lakes. They scaled Chogia (16,500 feet), camped near the Holy Lake, where the pilgrims walk round with burning incense and throw spices into the water, and thence journeyed to Sakindeng, where a once large village is reported to have been wiped out by plague, sent by a local demon. The demon is still reported to be active, and the people are afraid to rebuild. Among much fine timber passed through was a zone of great silver firs with circumferences of 20 to 25 feet. At the village of Oplungdoe, at an altitude of 12,000 feet, the party found crops of millet, maize and pumpkins. All the country to the northward is flooded.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 September 1921, Page 5
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154MOUNT EVEREST Taranaki Daily News, 26 September 1921, Page 5
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