Picture No | 10218064 |
Date | 1937 |
Description | Climbers on 'Chomolhari', Bhutan, May 1937 |
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Photograph showing two climbers on the 24,000 ft. Himalayan mountain 'Chomolhari', near Phari Dzong, Bhutan, 20th May 1937. The photograph, taken by F. Spencer Chapman, shows C.E. Crawford and Passang Dawa climbing the mountain at about 21,000 ft. Spencer Chapman and Passang Dawa became the first climbers to reach the summit, the following day.
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Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 31 July 1937, page 203 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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