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The Yeti (/ ˈ j ɛ t i /) [2] is an ape-like creature purported to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia. In Western popular culture, the creature is commonly referred to as the Abominable Snowman .
In 1925, Tombazi recorded a potential sighting of a Yeti, a "tall, naked figure tugging at rhododendron bushes", at 15,000 feet (4,500m) in Nepal; [8] recounting: [9] "Unquestionably, the figure in outline was exactly like a human being, walking upright and stopping occasionally to uproot or pull at some dwarf rhododendron bushes.
The first such expeditions focused more on the yeti, a similar apeman cryptid from Tibet, funded by the Soviet Yeti Research Commission. The Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) headquartered in Beijing followed suit and included the yeti as part of its survey of Mount Everest in 1959.
Pugh showed that Mount Everest could be climbed without oxygen, after a period of acclimatisation; the team lived at 19,000 feet (5,800 m) for six months. [ 21 ] Hillary’s search for the fabled Yeti or "abominable snowman" found no evidence, and footprints and tracks were proven to be from other causes.
It is an ape-like creature purported to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia. In Western popular culture , the creature is commonly referred to as the Abominable Snowman . Many dubious articles have been offered in an attempt to prove the existence of the Yeti, including anecdotal visual sightings, disputed video recordings, photographs ...
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At the same time, Tombazi also claimed to have made some early sightings of the Yeti while climbing in the region. [8] British explorer Bill Tilman made a traverse of the Zemu Gap in 1938. [9] Mountaineering in Sikkim was abundant during the time of British India, with most climbing activity in the region taking place between 1929-1939. [10]