In 1919, Captain John Noel, a 29-year-old Army officer, suggested, during a presentation of his expeditions to Tibet, that an attempt should be made to climb Mount Everest. The mountain lay in a country rarely seen by westerners, and had never before been climbed. Hidden behind the barrier of the Himalayas, it had retained an almost medieval character.
Taking up his suggestion, the Mount Everest Committee was formed, under...
Sandra Noel is a part-time lecturer in Travel and Tourism at a College of Further Education.
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