This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Lure Of Everest Draws Global Expeditions for 1974
Nepal grants two Everest climbs yearly through spring 1979. An Italian expedition with 60 members and helicopters plans the south col route, joining attempts via the southwest face long sought by climbers. Japanese, Spanish, French, British and Austrian groups target Manaslu, Dhaulagiri and other peaks as international interest soars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katmandu
Nepal
Everest
Edmund Hillary
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
South Col
Japan
Britain
Pedition
Haus
France
West Germany
Austria
New Zealand
South Korea
Wolfgang Nairz
Innsbruck
Manaslu
Reinhold Messner
Klaus Schreckenbach
Munich
Kanchen
Dhaulagiri