Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/24

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Subject: Re: Cameras on Everest
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 14:08:53 -0500

At 08:38 AM 11/24/97 PST, David wrote:
>      If they were using Leicas, it might have been the M4-P.  I understand 
>     Leica made 200 of the M4-P and R4 Everest models to celebrate the 
>     climb.

You are off by three decades.  The Hillary climb was in '53.  The "Everest"
Leicas were made for the '84 Canadian expedition, the Leica then being the
only camera assembled in Canada.

Marc


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