Air letter written by Edmund Hillary, Barun Base Camp, [Nepal], to his brother Rex and sister-in-law Jenny, Papakura, [Auckland], New Zealand, dated 10 May [1954]. Hillary writes briefly about the condition of Jim McFarlane, who, along with fellow climber Brian Wilkins, fell into a crevasse on the Barun Glacier and was badly injured. The remainder contains Hillary's comments regarding his return to New Zealand and to married life with wife Louise.

14167 (Presto content ID)

MS-2019-1-6 (Reference Number)

2019/1 (Registration number)

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