The Conquest of Everest
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John Hunt's Expedition to Everest
John Hunt was a very successful soldier who had been on one camarie staff during the Second World War. The British also test nylon that is virtually windproof and invent vacuum-packed meals, easier to open than heavy, fiddly tins used on previous expeditions. Shrunken packets of energy-giving foods are boxed up and labelled as assault rations. In preparation, John Hunt takes a team to Farnborough Airport, a military and aviation research centre about 50 miles southwest of London. Swapping his double-breasted suit for state-of-the-art nylon overalls, he climbs inside a decompression chamber,. A willing guinea pig to test prototype breathing apparatus
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