Mount Everest Foundation
Supporting the exploratory
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This strong team succeeded in overcoming the 'last great challenge' of Everest: the pinnacles of the NE ridge were traversed by H Taylor and R Brice on 5 August. Bad weather brought the wise decision Read more
This inter-service team of 10 (7RE, 2RA, lRM), mounted by the Royal Engineers' Mountain and Exploration Club, made a photographic survey of the Upper Shaksgam valley. After several attempts on 'Mt Cro Read more
This large and strong team under Brummie Stokes established Advanced Base at 6,400m on 18 August. Making a new approach to the NE ridge, they placed a snowhole camp below the first buttress; two weeks Read more
Bonington and Fotheringham and their four Norwegian partners approached Menlungtse (7,182m), designated in Chinese as Qiao Ge Ru, from Tingri and the north. After inspecting the N side of this magnifi Read more
Eight graduates and four students undertook an extensive survey of the Oksfjordjokulen ice-caps and of the 'Fall-Jokul' (detached glacier cones), in particular their geomorphological impact. The head Read more