| Evidence: | 'About 300 yards above Camp III we found the body of Maurice Wilson, who had atempted to climb Mount Everest alone the previous year and about whom nothing more had been heard. From a diary we found on his body and from subsequent enquiries we were able to piece together his curious story.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 15 Jun 1935 and 15 Jul 1935 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Tibet | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: probably at Camp III on Everest (Tibet approach), below North Col | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reading Group: | Expedition members |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | mountaineers |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | Tibet |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Maurice Wilson |
| Title: | [diary] |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, personal diary |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Codex, Diary |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | Found |
| Record ID: | 18404 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Eric Shipton | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Upon That Mountain: in The Six Mountain Travel Books | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 (1943) | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 424 | |
| Additional comments: | The source text is Shipton's autobiographical memoir of various climbing and formative experiences. Here the reference is to the 1935 Everest Reconnaisance Expedition whose members also included Bill Tilman and Michael Spender. |
| Citation: | Eric Shipton, Upon That Mountain: in The Six Mountain Travel Books (London, 1999 (1943)), p. 424, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18404, accessed: 25 March 2023 | |
| Maurice Wilson died in 1933 attempting, for quasi spiritual motives, a solo ascent of Everest with minimal equipment and no porters or Sherpas. |
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