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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does " the assault" here mean "the climbing of summit Everest"?
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Shipton was named as leader but was replaced by Hunt. Hillary considered pulling out, but both Hunt and Shipton talked him into remaining. Hillary was intending to climb with Lowe but Hunt named two teams for the assault: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bourdillon and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CharlesEvans(mountaineer); and Hillary and Tenzing. Hillary therefore made a concerted effort to forge a working friendship with Tenzing.[14]
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary#1953_Everest_expedition
Shipton was named as leader but was replaced by Hunt. Hillary considered pulling out, but both Hunt and Shipton talked him into remaining. Hillary was intending to climb with Lowe but Hunt named two teams for the assault: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bourdillon and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CharlesEvans(mountaineer); and Hillary and Tenzing. Hillary therefore made a concerted effort to forge a working friendship with Tenzing.[14]
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary#1953_Everest_expedition
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NL888 Does " the assault" here mean "the climbing of summit Everest"? I believe that here it refers to the 'final assault'—the end of the mountain climb, when they make the effort to reach the summit.
- NL888 Does " the assault" here mean "the climbing of summit Everest"?
- I believe that here it refers to the 'final assault'—the end of the mountain climb, when they make the effort to reach the summit.
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NL888 Does " the assault" here mean "the climbing of summit Everest"?I believe that here it refers to the 'final assault'—the end of the mountain climb, when they make the effort to reach the summit.
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