Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-26 | Page 4 | Foreign News of Interest

Foreign N News of of Interest STORM BLOCKS EVEREST CLIMB ELING India May 26 6 UPA UP A AA A A premature advance of tho the dread monsoon roaring out of ot tho the Bay of Bengal left little hope of success today for the English expedition attempting attempting at at- tempting to climb to the summit of Mount Everest Driven back from front its first base bace c camp mp by intense cold and storms last week the London party laced faced now new seemingly un able danger from the monsoon breaking far ahead of schedule and expected to blanket the Himalayas soon with snow Reports from Calcutta meteorologists t gIts warned of continued snowfall soon In the whole Everest region with the monsoon expected to strike th tho Himalayas yas during the first fortnight fortnight fortnight fort fort- night of ot June The present expedition exp sailed from London to start its assault on Mount Everest late in May the mountain which already has taken the lives of nine men Four attempts starting In 1921 1021 have failed In the 15 years the 1921 expedition ex cx- men have spent millions trying to conquer the tho worlds world's highest highest high high- est cst known mountain feet high ligh They have come within feet of the top but the men credited with achieving that feat fe t vanished v nish d din in n the mists and their bodies never were found They were Mallory allory and Irvine members of tho the 1924