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Gertrude Hillary scrapbook no. 4

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  • Description

    1 spiral bound scrapbook containing newspaper clippings reporting on the 1954 New Zealand Alpine Club expedition to the Himalayas. Climbing and mountains around Barun Valley, and ascent of Baruntse. Climbers on the expedition included, George Lowe, Norman Hardie and Michael Ball, Charles Evans, William Beaven, C. J. McFarlane, Geoffrey Harrow Colin Todd and Brian Wilkins.

    The second half of the album contains reports of James MacFarlane's accident on the Barun Glacier and Sir Edmund Hillary's subsequent illness, their return home and recovery.

  • Other Id

    16371 (Presto content ID)

    MS-2010-1-818 (Reference Number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Gertrude Hillary scrapbook no. 4
  • Physical Description

    1 volume

  • Collection
    Sir Edmund Hillary Archive
  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Related Object Notes
    Photographs and photograph albums relating to Sir Edmund Hillary are held in the Pictorial Collections. PH-2010-4.
  • Is Part Of

    Edmund Hillary - Personal papers

  • Public Access Text

    Handwritten in black ink on front cover "No. 4"

    [Keywords: Makalu, New Zealand Alpine Club, Barun Valley, Rescue]

  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Credit Line
    Estate of Sir Edmund Hillary, 2008
  • Last Update
    04 Nov 2022
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