Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] MALLORY FOUND! CAMERA? >John Hudson wrote: >> >> >Marc, >> >I found a nice little book yesterday which was a colour photo book of the >> >succesful '53 expedition, each double page featured a colour photo with >> >accompanying text. There were at least 4-5 Leica pictures taken by Hunt (if >snip> >> >Jem >> Would that have been Hillary perchance? >> jh >NO Hillary jokes this is serious!! and that's MALLORY not MONICA. >Mark Rabiner I had been under the impression that New Zealander, Edmund Hillary was awarded a Knighthood for reaching the summit of Mount Everest and that the announcement of Hillary's achievement was announced on the day of the Queen's coronation. Someone can correct me if my memory is wrong. jh