Everest mystery could be solved..

[IGBT]

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..could the contents of the camera survived after all these years?? Mabe the cold weather would preserve it??




A BBC expedition includes Graham Hoyland, who was part of the team that found Mallory's body.

Irvine's great niece, Julie Summers, from Oxford, said the family are hoping his body and the camera will be found with a photograph showing Mallory on the summit.

But she added, "Even if there are no photographs it is still possible that they made the summit - it is a win, win situation for the family."

Although primitive by modern standards Mallory and Irvine's attempt was considered "high-tech" in its day.

 

[daveshel]

Anybody can reach the summit: the trick is to know when to turn back and thus ensure your survival. Hillary said something to that effect.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

ummm, what's this? Please note the date, on the page you linked:

Last Updated: Saturday, 8 May, 2004, 10:58 GMT 11:58 UK

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: daveshel
Anybody can reach the summit: the trick is to know when to turn back and thus ensure your survival. Hillary said something to that effect.

indeed, i bet if i had the money i could do it in a day. think of a hollowed out daisy cutter filled with foam padding. A C-130 could drop me right on the summit. getting down could take some thought but i'm sure theres a quick and easy way. perhaps a hot air balloon to get back off, the winds would blow me right off the top of the mountain.

 

[daveshel]

The air is so cold and thin there that when they used a helicopter some years ago to rescue some climbers, the chopper had a real hard time getting back down. The rotors just didn't have anything to grip. A hot are balloon, on the other hand, might just be very effective under those conditions.

 

[imported_Aelius]

They need to develop better VTOL aircraft. There are a lot of awesome applications for such a vehicle if done properly.

 

[Future Shock]

A hot air balloon would stand NO CHANCE on Everest...the winds there are ferocious, and the task of tethering and inflating one would be very difficult for launch. Plus there is a very good chance of severe downdrafts in and around the peak.

Could someone confirm that a chopper was used to actually get to Everest's peak for the above rescue? AFAIK (from reading "Into Thin Air"), choppers couldn't make it to the peak of Everest, only base camp and the lower regions...

Future Shock

 

[KK]

how tall is everest, isn't it like alittle over 30000 feet. Thats around the altitude that airliners fly at. I don't think a chopper can go that high. my guess would be around 20000 feet for choppers.

 

[Thump553]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Jon Krakauer (nonfiction) bestseller Into Thin Air-it's the account of the Everest expedition to definatively find Mallory's body. Remember that Everest expedition several years ago where a lot of people died? That was this one. As I recall they found Mallory's body. I'm not sure if they ever found the camera (he had fallen to his death, as I recall, and rolled quite a bit) but I don't think so.

Anyway, this is pretty old news with no apparent new developments. But if you like books like The Perfect Storm then I highly recommend this one-it's informative and an excellent read. Here's the Amazon link: