MOUNT EVEREST
RUI‘TLEDGE EXPEDITION. EXCELLENT PROGRESS MADE. REACHED HEIGHT 0F 21,500 FT. l‘nltcli Press Assn—Elem Tel. Copyright. 'iierciVed .\iay I'2, “.15 a.m.) LONDON. May it. A copyright message from Mr llugh Ruttlmign by wireless in Calcutta states that Camp 2 was established on April 1'» on a new site in the main trough of the East. Rongbuk glacier. thus avoiding all crevasses. Smythe and Shipton on the following (lay established Camp 3. also on a new site, near the foot of the Nor'h (JOl slopes‘ at a. height of 21,500 feet, where the main body had now joined them. The camp by to—morrow will be completely stocked with everything required for the operations on the mountain. Wireless communication has been established with Camp 1. Smythe, Shipton and \Varren yesterday worked out a. route more than half-way up the North Col. The conditions are fair.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19883, 12 May 1936, Page 7
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144MOUNT EVEREST Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19883, 12 May 1936, Page 7
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