With so many _exeellently-penned articles relating to every phase of mountaineering endeavour " appearing in this Journal, it is most dim-cult to select any one record for particular note, but mention should be made of the account by Mr. W. Tilman of the expedition' 10 Mount Everest in 1998. Sponsored by the Mount Everest Committee, this was the fifth attempt to climb 'The German Base Camp on the Gangotri Nandanban, 14239 fect, and '266 feet. June' 1938 most instructive and full of good feading matter, and. the conclusions that this work-tame German moun tainoer draws from the Inability span ta reach the many respects" similar to those adanced by Mts. Tilman tu his paper.
Bauer states emphatically" that when the high rocks are free of [snow a rapid and bold ascent to the submit may succeed, but, like Tilman, he rather doubts whether, without—artificial ald, these cloud-hidden fags can be sealed unless perfect weather prevails.
Space prevents further praise be-Ing. given this volume, but suffice Mt'to say that any of the 21 articles that appear are alone worth the price of the publication. Even read-{ng about these endeavours in the comfort of a chaise-longue in these hot days is enough to stimulate the most Jaded of constitutions. A, final [word to laud the photographer's art lavishly Mustrated with magnifcent pictures taken from every ¢on-eelyable altitude and angle, the read-for is given @ most accurate idea of what mountain-climbing really amounts to In the Himalayas—ma..
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