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English: Diagram of climbing routes on Mount Everest's Southwest Face before the ascent in 1975. Based on several diagrams in Bonington, Chris (1976). Everest the hard way. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0340208333. and Unsworth, Walt (1981). Everest, The Mountaineering History, page 444. Seattle, WA, USA: Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-7139-1108-5
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English: Diagram of climbing routes on Mount Everest's Southwest Face up to including the successful ascent in 1975. Based on several diagrams in Bonington, Chris (1976). Everest the hard way. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0340208333. and Unsworth, Walt (2000). Everest, The Mountaineering History, page 444. Seattle, WA, USA: Mountaineers ...
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The 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition was the first to attempt to climb Mount Everest. It was followed by further British expeditions in 1922 , 1924 , and 1933 . The climbers had to make the ascent from the north, since Nepal was closed.
The closest sea to Mount Everest's summit is the Bay of Bengal, almost 700 km (430 mi) away. To approximate a climb of the entire height of Mount Everest, one would need to start from this coastline, a feat accomplished by Tim Macartney-Snape's team in 1990. Climbers usually begin their ascent from base camps above 5,000 m (16,404 ft).
English: Diagram of climbing route on Mount Everest's Southwest Face in 1975. Based on several diagrams in Bonington, Chris (1976). Everest the hard way, page 92. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0340208333. and Unsworth, Walt (1981). Everest, The Mountaineering History, page 444. Seattle, WA, USA: Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-7139-1108-5
Sketch map of Everest region. The South Col was first reached on 12 May 1952 by Aubert, Lambert, and Flory of Edouard Wyss-Dunant's Swiss Mount Everest Expedition which failed to reach the summit. [1] The following year, when Mount Everest was first climbed, Wilfrid Noyce and the Sherpa Annullu were the first climbers on the expedition to reach ...