THE EVEREST CLIMBERS.
MESSAGE FROM THE POPE. BOY SCOUTS OF KALIMPONG. London, April 11. Dr. W. S. Bruce, leader of the Mount Everest expedition, in a despatch dated April 4, says the main body of the expedition was then at Yatung. All were fit and well, and the weather was perfect. Dr. Bruce received a telegram from Darjeeling, sent by the Pope, who is a keen and skilful Alpinist, and has often encountered Lieutenant-Colonel Strutt (one of the six climbers) in the high Alps. Dr. Bruce delivered a message from Major-General Baden-Powell to the Boy Scouts of Kalimpong, where the movement
is flourishing. Marching up the Inchumbi Valley, Dr. Bruce was struck by the extraordinary richness and variety of forest scenery, and mountain sculpture. There was no transport difficulty, the baggage being carried by Tibetan mules, the hardiest in the country.
The most trying stage was that between Rongli and Gnatong, the distance apart by
map being eight miles, but in altitude 10,000 feet. Two days were occupied in traversing the track, which wound up among blooming rhododendrons and magnolias.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1922, Page 5
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180THE EVEREST CLIMBERS. Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1922, Page 5
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