The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922
by C. G. Bruce
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The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922tells the story of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition; the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making a successful ascent of Mount Everest. It was planned and financed by the Mount Everest Committee, which appointed the ebullient Brigadier General C.G. Bruce to be its leader, and it was he who subsequently wrote this compelling account of the expedition.
Chapters (331)
- THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT EVEREST, 1922
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- MAPS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I TO THE BASE CAMP
- CHAPTER II THE ASSAULT ON THE MOUNTAIN
- CHAPTER III THE RETURN BY KHARTA
- CHAPTER IV THE PROBLEM
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- CHAPTER V THE HIGHEST CAMP
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- CHAPTER VI THE HIGHEST POINT
- CHAPTER VII THE SECOND ATTEMPT
- CHAPTER VIII CONCLUSIONS
- CHAPTER IX NOTES ON EQUIPMENT
- CHAPTER X THE THIRD ATTEMPT
- CHAPTER XI CONCLUSIONS
- CHAPTER XII ACCLIMATISATION AT HIGH ALTITUDES
- CHAPTER XIII COLOUR IN TIBET
- CHAPTER XIV TIBETAN CULTURE
- CHAPTER XV NATURAL HISTORY
- INDEX
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