Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-02 | Page 11 | Hardiest Men of Empire Arrive at Base of Mountain

(Hardiest Men of Empire Arrive at Base of Mountain LONDON, July 1 (Br tht Asso-Clated Asso-Clated Press I Sir Francis Young-husband, Young-husband, presideni of the Royal Geographical Geo-graphical society, is authority for the menl that the expedition which was to attempt the, conquest of .Mount Everest had left ' Dorjelllng at the end of March and had arrived at th mountain In good health. So far a the configuration of the mountain was concerned there remained no serious se-rious obstacles to oppose the climbers. climb-ers. Hut there still remnlns." he added, the Incalculable factor that may pr.jVf- fatal to sucrose the debilitating debilitat-ing effect of high altitudes on th" human constitution ' Ve hnve sent out (he hqrdleo' pluckleii arid most exprrlem erl mnu n-ralne-rs v.c can flfid nut can h lh all their eoursgf nnf delerml-, nut Ion. skill and PSSdUrcS, BlidSSfs fully feOMtfcJid aRnirist the Bgfalfxlntf lassitude which the rnrlficatlon of IhS I air beyond 23,000 feet Is certain to produce? Experience the experience of these next fev. weekf alnno can de-tern,!-,,. The weakflSss Is oocaslon-Bd oocaslon-Bd by th lessening quantltv or oxygen oxy-gen In thS thinning atmosphere And to make up for this want of oxygen We hnv- fm 6Ut IpeeiAl apparatus ror supplying the preCIOUa gas Fven hi-- rtiiy hb avail for the apparatus IB heavy, and of necessity th" climbers climb-ers themselves must carry It And no One ran say whelher th" advantage of bftathln r the oyfefi will OutWelgh the drawback of having to carry the apparatus '' " . With every condition favorable. lirT rands eOrtdlddsd, till task blifnl prore beyond human capoalty, jj