Show Mf Mt Everest Visits Vernal Vernol for River Trip The first man to conquer Mt Everest Sir Edmund Percival Hillary from Aukland New Zealand arrived in Vernal last Wednesday evening for a five five- day river trip down the Green River SIR EDMUND was greeted at the Vernal airport by city and county officials who told him about this area Mayor Alvin Kay presented him with witha a ceramic dinosaur and County Commission Chairman Victor Wilkins told him some cf of the background history of the Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal area Hatch River Expeditions took the Hillary party from Flaming Gorge dam down the Green River in rubber boats to o Split Mountain Gorge IN THE party were Murray Crowder past president Outdoor Outdoor Out Out- door Writers of America and hunting and fishing consultant for Sears Fred W W. Wenzel chairman Sears board of directors directors dir dir- and William N N. Kelley Hawthorne Division president Sir Edmund is camping advisor advisor ad ad- visor for the Hawthorne DIvIsion Division Div DIv- ision Islon that makes camping supplies supplies sup sup- plies for Sears ONE OF the purposes S of l the I tr trip was to test some of the camping equipment manufactured manufactured by the Hawthorne Company Company Com Com- pany particularity a new compact com corn pact tent expected to be popular popular pop pop- ular in outdoor camping It was reported at the Chamber Chamber Cham Cham- ber of Commerce Directors meeting Tuesday that Sir Hillary Hillary Hil Hil- lary had a wonderful trip He lie had worn everyone out with his evening walking trips ex exploring ex ex- exploring the canyons and area around each campsite The fishing was also reported as tremendous At Browns Brown's Park the party caught some real nice trout Utah is not new to Sir Hillary Hil Hil- lary He brought his entire family here in 1962 on a trip into the Uinta's fishing the lakes and walking the hills in inthe inthe inthe the Moon Lake area SIR EDMUND was very Impressed impressed im Im- pressed with the scenic beauty of the Northeastern Utah mountain area He lie emphasized ed his support for protection of the earth earths earth's s wilderness areas pointing out that such preserves ves are becoming increasingly increasing increasing- ly important |