| Evidence: | 'Before we turned in Raymond, at Hugh's suggestion, read aloud Norton's 1924 despatch, in which he summoned up the possibilities of climbing Everest.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 8 Apr 1933 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Tibet | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: Camp on approach march to Everest | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | (Charles) Raymond Greene |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1901 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Medical doctor |
| Religion: | Unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Tibet |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of 1933 Everest Expedition including Frank Smythe and Hugh Ruttledge. |
| Additional comments: | Oxford based specialist physician, well known Alpine climber, member of several major Himalayan expeditions and brother of Graham Greene |
| Author: | Edward Felix Norton |
| Title: | despatch |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18314 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Frank Smythe | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Camp Six: in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 2000 (1937) | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 552 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Frank Smythe, Camp Six: in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books (London, 2000 (1937)), p. 552, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18314, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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