The 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, formally known as the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition, was initiated by Edmund Hillary and Griffith...
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Griffith Pugh (section 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition)
on three previous expedition with Edmund Hillary, the New Zealand mountaineer invited him in 1960–61 on a nine-month-long expedition to the Himalaya on...
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metres (19,029 ft) near the base of the peak as part of the 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary. Situated at a distance of 162 km...
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studied the ability to acclimatise over several months on the 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition to the Himalayas. In 1978, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler...
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luggage when he flew from India to London. In 1960, Sir Edmund Hillary mounted the 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition to the Himalayas, which was to collect and...
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and physiology, which he researched with Griffith Pugh on the 1960-61 Silver Hut expedition. In 1972, he wrote an autobiography In This Short Span covering...
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Edmund Hillary (section 1953 Everest expedition)
first ever to do so using motor vehicles. In 1960, Hillary organised the 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, with Griffith Pugh; and Pugh showed that Mount...
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standard route. An ascent without oxygen was attempted by the 1960-61 Silver Hut expedition but neither of the two attempts succeeded. 1955 North Face to...
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which he served as radio operator; the 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, a scientific and mountaineering expedition (plus Yeti hunt) to the Himalayas, on...
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Himalayan Trust (category 1960 establishments in Nepal)
Trade Aid Programme. In 1960, Sir Edmund Hillary was in the Everest region leading the 1960-61 Silver Hut expedition, an expedition studying high altitude...
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