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CRITICAL EVEREST STAGE
From Our SDecial lirnrcscntativr
KHATMANDU, May 15.
The British expedi
tion led by Col. John
Hunt will bejrin its main
attack on the summit of
Mount Everest today, accord
ing to reliable information
reaching Khatmandu, Ralph
Izzard, of the 'Daily Mail'
reports.
The first stage in the as
sault is to advance from
iCamp Five at the head of
ithe Western Cwm up nearly
13.000 feet on a high face of
snow, rock and ice in an en
deavor to establish Camp Six
'on the South Col. the 26.700
Ifoot saddle which connects!
j Everest with the neighboring)
giant peak of Lohtse (28.000!
feet).
This stage, a critical one,
has been rendered no easier
by falls of fresh snow
which have been an almost
daily occurrence for the
past three weeks.
It is a remarkable and
valiant feat that the expedi
tion, despite this fresh snow,
has been able to stick rigidly
to its original building pro
gramme.
i The build-up of stores has
jbeen maintained, though
avalanches of newly-fallen I
snow constantly threaten toj
cut the communication line]
between Camps Two and'
Three. |
i These avalanches have;
! probably rendered this seen
Ition unusuable except be-!
jtween seven and eleven in
'the moraines.
A crevasse at the top of
the ice fall has been effec
tively bridged by the expedi
tion's sectional ladder of
aluminium.
Possibly a light sledge — a i
new weapon for Everest!
climbers— has been used to
speed up the freighting of
stores across the floor of the ?
cwm. ;
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