NIL DESPERANDUM.
“EVEREST CAN BE CLIMBED.” By Telegraph.—Press Assn..—Conyr‘?ht. London, Job- 23. General Bruce, in a final Everest dis patch from Shekkardzong, sums up the lessons of the venture, of which the first is that Everest can be climbed, but requires better weather than there was this year. It is practically certain thaft a well-chosen team of climbers could ascend to a greater height than this year without oxygen. Improvements in the oxygen apparatus are possible, but the parly proved that nights could be passed at' 25,509 feet without oxygen, also that the sudden failure of oxygen at even greater heights i did not cause real harm. The basis of any attempt on Everest ! consists of native porters. They performed wonderfully, but are capable of even more if advantage is taken of the recent experiences and they are properly looked after.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1922, Page 7
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141NIL DESPERANDUM. Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1922, Page 7
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