Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps I shall write a letter to the late editor of this late publication. Or then again, perhaps not! Thank you for your consummate knowledge available to all. Jem > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc James Small [SMTP:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] > > If Wager were on Everest in '31, it would be grand news to us all! But he > WAS there in '33, with his cohort-in-crime, Sir Percy Wyn Harris, for the > discovery of the Mallory or Irvine ice axe, which those of you in England > may see at the Alpine Club, above the mantle of the fireplace. > > If Wager took a Leica up with him, I would LOVE to see his pictures. > These > are unknown to the historians of Everest lore. (We just uncovered > Beetham's shots from '24 six months or so back, no great news, but > interesting and helpful.) > > Marc