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Record Number: 18314


Reading Experience:

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.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

8 Apr 1933

Country:

Tibet

Time

evening

Place:

other location: Camp on approach march to Everest

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

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

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Felix Norton

Title:

despatch

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18314

Source:

Print

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/RED/record_details.php?id=18314, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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