Everest: The Unfinished Adventure
Hodder & Stoughton, 1937.
First edition. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and bands on spine. Pencil sketches of the members of the expedition. Folding maps and a portfolio of sixty-three photographic plates at rear. A near fine copy with minor rubbing to head and tail of spine and spots of foxing to page edges. Previous ownership bookplate to front pastedown.
After his attempt to summit the mountain in 1933, Ruttledge was invited to lead the sixth British attempt on Everest in 1936.
Because of recent failed expeditions, the pressure on Ruttledge's large and talented team to succeed was great, but heavy snow and an early monsoon forced them to abort their summit attempt.
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