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Show TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST British Royal Geographical Society Said to Be Contemplating Ambitious Am-bitious Expedition. Enormous Interest has been aroused by the announcement that the Royal Geographical society contemplates fitting fit-ting out an expedition to attempt the ascent of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas. For not only is this the highest mountain on the globe; but it is also the world's mystery mountain. Although it was discovered 70 years ago, no European has yet succeeded in getting anywhere nearer than about fifty miles to it, much less setting foot on its slopes. ' . This is because It so happens that It is situated partly In Nepal and partly In Tibet, and the governments of both these countries object to the presence of European explorers. Besides this the Nepal base of. the giant mountain Is in any case practically prac-tically unapproachable, owing to the dense jungle growth, extending for a width of 60 or 70 miles all round, and Into whose depths no white man may venture and live. The proposal now is to attempt the ascent from the Tibetan side. This Is doubtless possible, but . whether the summit can be reached or not is another an-other matter. Most experts say not, and point to the fact that the duke of Abruzzi's attempt to scale Mount Godwin-Austin, Everest's mighty neighbor, and the second highest peak in the world, resulted In failure. He ascended as far 24,600 feet, but was then obliged to turn hack, owing to the difficulty of breathing, due to ; the extreme rarefaction of the air. Mount Everest Is more than 29,000 feet high. |