MOUNT EVEREST.
—————.———— THE RUTTLEDGE EXPEDITION. ‘ i ADVANCE L'l’ TllFl GLACIER. \\‘i-lA‘KENING OF THE MONSOON. United Press Assn—Else. 'i'cl. Copyright. LONDON. June 1. The leader of ihe Mount Everest ex—pedition. .\lr llugii Ruttledge, in a wireless message to the Daily Telegraph from Camp (me, says that a report from the meieorologist at Alipore on Friday indlcnted a temporary weakening of the monsoon. Simultaneously. the wind in the Everest region veered strongly to the north-west and began blowing snow in great clouds from the mountain. This opportunity was not to be missed. and the climbing party on Saturday resumed its advance up the east [longhuk Glacier. It will iuke two days to climb the ‘last pyramid, but it might be done in ‘one With luck. Norton, a member of the party, recalls that conditions were almost identical in 1924. but then ihere was no wireless and ihe climbers could not discover wheilier it was the monsoon or a local disturbance. lie considers that ii‘ the monsoon arrives in earnest while the present climbers are at a illilil altitude iiiings will be hinrii indeed. __.. _—
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 7
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181MOUNT EVEREST. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 7
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