New York, National Travel Club, 1935, stated 1st edition. 339 pp, 47 b/w photos. ExLib. Black cloth hardcover with no dust jacket. Book cover is faded and worn. Except for age toning, the pages are near fine. Good.
This is the US edition of Everest 1933.
The official account of the fourth expedition to Everest, led by Hugh Ruttledge with a team that included Frank Smythe, Eric Shipton, Wyn Harris, and L.R. Wager. Harris and Wager made a summit attempt from the famous Camp VI, reaching 28,200 feet in attempting to determine whether the northeast ridge was climbable.
During this climb they came upon the ice-axe of either Mallory or Irvine, lost nine years before on their fateful climb. Harris and Wager found the 'second step' unclimbable and had to revert to a traverse of the face, when time ran out. On the return to the high camp Wager struggled to the crest of the ridge and became the first man to look down the awesome east face of Everest.
