The Conquest of Everest
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The Impossible Is What Gets Sorted Out a Month Later
After World War II, Nepal opens up to outsiders. This allows climbers to try new routes onto Everest from the south. In 1951, a man named Eric Shipton explores a high valley known as the South Call between Everest and its neighbour, Lótzi. It makes a perfect high-level staging post. On this trip, Shipton also photographs a massive footprint in the snow. At 13 inches, it's longer than the head of his ice pick, and looks like it has been left by a giant pore. The explorer attributes it to a wild ape-like man living in the snowy wastes, the so-called Yeti.
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