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M»y 22, I960 JMauU****
CHINESE CLIMBING EVEREST FROM NORTH
Base Camp Beyoad Rongbuk Monastery
Katbmendu, May 20
VA SinotJoviet expe
dition is trying to climb
Krirut from the northern
side, according to an
authoritative report recei-
ved here.
The report laid the
expedition had established
ita base oamp beyond the
Rongbuk Monaatiy. Al-
though the exaot number
of the expedition'! mem-
bers is not .known, it is
belitvtd tob- about '00,
including porters.
The reports, which
were not offically con-
firmed, said Chinese air-
craft were regularly flying
over this region, ostensi-
bly to watch the progress
ol this second attempt in
i < cent years to climb
V verest from the northern
side.
The Soviet attempt
to climb it from the north
seme years ago had ended
in disaster, when reports
indicated that some mem-
bers were killed in the
attempt.
Though Everest has
been climbed three times
from the southern side—
onoa by a British team
and twice by 8wiss teams
-it has never been climbed
from the north. The lat
ter route was however
the normally aooepted
route till J05O, because
Nepal had till then refu-
sed permission to expedi-
tions from the south.
Early Information
Meanwhile, a local
Rnglish language daily,
Motherland, which quoted
a Nepal Government
spokesman as its source,
said the Government knew
about three reperts 15
dsys ago. Th's suggests
that the expedition was
already in ti.e vici <\ of
its bate camp before,
Mr Chou En la s vieiia
to India and Nepal.
The Motherland, re
port also said the Chinese
had already climbed Eve-
rest, but this was denied
by the spokesman, who
said, "we have Dot been
told."
WOMAN PILOT HOPES TO
GLIDE 0VE9 EVEREST
London, May 20
Britain's champion
woman glider pilot, 43-
year old Mrs. Anne Burns,
hopes to be the fr.t
parson to glide over
Mount Everest. Mrs.
Burns said she hoped to
get permission to make
the attempt next May,
when weather experts
Tare*
think cooditkns will be
at their best Permission
was granted for this year,
but the money, was not
available' in time.
.Now Mrs. Burnt, her
l.ii-in. na and two other
gliding enthusiasts have
set up a trust fund
'1 hey plan to make
the attempt from an air-
field near Pukhra, 26
miles from the Annapurna
peaks. Mrs. Burns' gli-
der would be towed into
the air by a Miles Mes-
senger aircraft piloted by
its owner. Mr. Henry
Pittroche.
COPPER DEPOSITS IN
SlKKIM STATE
New Delhi. May 20
Recent studies indi-
cate that the copper He
posits in Sikkim may be
substantially larger than
previously assessed.
In close collaboration
with the Government of
Sikkim. Indian experts
are getting ready to ex-
ploit the mines round
Rangpoo but other areas,
it is learnt, offer promise
of substantial deposits.
The deposits at Rang-
poo are stated to be
sufficient for moderate
soale exploitation for 10
years. The deposits in
other areae have not vet
been estimated. Bes des
copper, the Sikkim or*
contains substantial pro-
portions of lead, zino and
even silver.
CHINESE CLIMBING EVEREST FROM NORTH
Base Camp Beyoad Rongbuk Monastery
Katbmendu, May 20
VA SinotJoviet expe
dition is trying to climb
Krirut from the northern
side, according to an
authoritative report recei-
ved here.
The report laid the
expedition had established
ita base oamp beyond the
Rongbuk Monaatiy. Al-
though the exaot number
of the expedition'! mem-
bers is not .known, it is
belitvtd tob- about '00,
including porters.
The reports, which
were not offically con-
firmed, said Chinese air-
craft were regularly flying
over this region, ostensi-
bly to watch the progress
ol this second attempt in
i < cent years to climb
V verest from the northern
side.
The Soviet attempt
to climb it from the north
seme years ago had ended
in disaster, when reports
indicated that some mem-
bers were killed in the
attempt.
Though Everest has
been climbed three times
from the southern side—
onoa by a British team
and twice by 8wiss teams
-it has never been climbed
from the north. The lat
ter route was however
the normally aooepted
route till J05O, because
Nepal had till then refu-
sed permission to expedi-
tions from the south.
Early Information
Meanwhile, a local
Rnglish language daily,
Motherland, which quoted
a Nepal Government
spokesman as its source,
said the Government knew
about three reperts 15
dsys ago. Th's suggests
that the expedition was
already in ti.e vici <\ of
its bate camp before,
Mr Chou En la s vieiia
to India and Nepal.
The Motherland, re
port also said the Chinese
had already climbed Eve-
rest, but this was denied
by the spokesman, who
said, "we have Dot been
told."
WOMAN PILOT HOPES TO
GLIDE 0VE9 EVEREST
London, May 20
Britain's champion
woman glider pilot, 43-
year old Mrs. Anne Burns,
hopes to be the fr.t
parson to glide over
Mount Everest. Mrs.
Burns said she hoped to
get permission to make
the attempt next May,
when weather experts
Tare*
think cooditkns will be
at their best Permission
was granted for this year,
but the money, was not
available' in time.
.Now Mrs. Burnt, her
l.ii-in. na and two other
gliding enthusiasts have
set up a trust fund
'1 hey plan to make
the attempt from an air-
field near Pukhra, 26
miles from the Annapurna
peaks. Mrs. Burns' gli-
der would be towed into
the air by a Miles Mes-
senger aircraft piloted by
its owner. Mr. Henry
Pittroche.
COPPER DEPOSITS IN
SlKKIM STATE
New Delhi. May 20
Recent studies indi-
cate that the copper He
posits in Sikkim may be
substantially larger than
previously assessed.
In close collaboration
with the Government of
Sikkim. Indian experts
are getting ready to ex-
ploit the mines round
Rangpoo but other areas,
it is learnt, offer promise
of substantial deposits.
The deposits at Rang-
poo are stated to be
sufficient for moderate
soale exploitation for 10
years. The deposits in
other areae have not vet
been estimated. Bes des
copper, the Sikkim or*
contains substantial pro-
portions of lead, zino and
even silver.