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N.A. Tombazi (Νικόλαος Τομπάζης, Nikólaos Tompázis 1894–1986) was a Greek photographer who, on a British Geological Expedition in 1925, apparently sighted a Yeti creature at 15,000 feet in the Himalayas of Tibet .
Migoi or Mi-go (Tibetan: མི་རྒོད་, Wylie: mi rgod, ZYPY: Migö/Mirgö) translates as "wild man". [10][15] Bun Manchi – Nepali for "jungle man" that is used outside Sherpa communities where yeti is the common name. [16] Mirka – Another name for "wild-man". Local legend holds that "anyone who sees one dies or is killed".
Shekar Dzong (expedition photo) The expedition, having gathered Sherpas, Bhutias, porters, supplies and 100 Army mules (which later had to be replaced with hill mules and yaks), set off from Darjeeling in British India on 18 May 1921 for the 300-mile (480 km) march to Everest. [14][4] During their march, the climate changed from hot and humid ...
On April 18, 2014, 16 Sherpas were killed in an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall. [11][12][13] On April 25, 2015, 19 people—the most ever in a single day on Everest—were killed in an avalanche at base camp after a 7.8 earthquake, which killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000 in Nepal. [14][15][16] During the 2023 season, a ...
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.
1 August 1907. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Died. 28 March 1977 (aged 69) Salisbury England. Occupation (s) Mountaineer, Explorer. Eric Earle Shipton, CBE (1 August 1907 – 28 March 1977), was an English Himalayan mountaineer.
Yeren. The yeren (Chinese: 野 人, 'wild man') is a cryptid apeman reported to inhabit remote, mountainous regions of China, most famously in the Shennongjia Forestry District in the Hubei Province. Sightings of "hairy men" have remained constant since the Warring States Period circa 340 BCE through the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE), before ...
The Swiss expedition of 1956 put the next four climbers on the top of Everest. The expedition made the first ascent of Lhotse (fourth highest) when Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger reached the top of Lhotse on May 18. The expedition set up camp 6 on the South Col and camp 7 at 8,400 metres (27,600 ft).