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MAURICE HERZOG
The audience is most pleased into Club Alpin Frangais therefore the Federation Frangaise de los angeles Montagne to own permitting us to take advantage for the facts about Himalayan Diary. F.Yards. and its own breeding is not let. France because a nation has been younger in the Himalayan sense, that have launched one trip prior to 1950. This was this new Karakoram venture regarding 1936 large Yards. Henry de- Segogne. The fresh new C.A great.F. plus the F.F.Meters., each other within the Presidency out of Meters. Lucien Devies, consented that must be remedied and you will chose to plan out an expedition-to own I95°i on object of conquering, the very first time of them all, a keen 8,000-metre peak. A robust Himalayan Committee try designed, as well as needless to say de- Segogne, and a team are picked from the ointment from French mountaineers. About the complete the beginning was actually regarding Devies, and he seems is the obvious selection while the commander, however, he had, apparently, determined right from the start which he might be when you look at the a healthier standing to acquire all that try requisite and usually find a way to help the latest welfare of your trip if he delegated this new manager command to a different. The guy chosen the proper man for the Maurice Herzog. For the 3 months away from thinking careful analysis was created from the ways utilized by thirty expeditions within the Higher China. A most important conclusion come to is one to, fundamentally, toomuch date is allocated to the new mountain itself so that they ps must be pitched, brand new test produced, therefore the evacuation done with minimum of you can reduce. It wished along these lines to minimize the fresh unfavorable aftereffect of foul weather and therefore the latest physical and ethical break down indivisible out of wishing from the large altitudes is stopped. Around Herzog this tactic are finished with correct French elan. The actual date taken over the quintessential rapid assault ever made on the a hill from comparable level was only six months. The only real shade shed about splendid conclusion is that therefore heavy an amount are paid by two who reached the latest summit: Herzog has shed all the his fingertips and feet, and Lachenal most of the his base. Brand new Himalayan Pub has sent well done on them towards becoming authored Chevaliers of your Legion from Honour. We now want to compliment Yards. Lucien Devies, Dr. Oudot, and you can M. elizabeth better-deserved honor.-Ed.
As the all of our airplane took off from Ce Bourget my friends and We, regardless of the despair off hop out-taking, thought a sense of recovery, going back- second arrangements ended up being enjoyable and you will bothering. We’d only one think in your mind, to bed and you will recoup from the variety of the previous couple of days. Oudot, I remember, slept right out-of Ce Bourget so you can India. I prevented on Karachi and you will Cairo, as well as on arrival in the Delhi was basically invited of the Meters. Daniel Levi, the newest French Ambassador to help you Asia, and his awesome employees.
The newest Himalayas: the highest and you may loveliest hills around the world To help you all of us it was basically a dream-unattainable-and therefore constantly to remain an aspiration-following an expedition are agreed on and furnished therefore we was basically expected to take part in they
Toward Friday, 4th ent, because of the intervention of Indian Overseas Office and flingster kuponu also the services of the Embassy, try cleaned through the Community and delivered to this new route within Dated Delhi for transport on the railhead on Nautanwa. Which job was handled because of the Schatz, Lachenal, and you may Terray, whom invested a long tiring day at Dated Delhi Station encircled from the a large group off dirty porters using a sort of consistent, shortly after light but now anywhere between grey so you can black, having purple turbans.
