Footprints of Glory

The Himalayan Environment Trust & Himalayan Club invite you to an illustrated talk

by
Brig. Ashok Abbey

A Historical Perspective of the Pioneering Attempts of 1921, 1922, and the 1924 British Everest Expeditions. The mystifying disappearance of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, on 08 June 1924 close to the summit, and the perplexing question as to whether they were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Footprints of Glory – Illustrated Talk

InIn 1865, Peak XV, the highest mountain in the world was officially named Everest after Colonel ‘Sir’ George Everest, a British Surveyor.

In 1924, a spirited attempt was made by a British team led by Colonel Edward Norton, in which the climbing duo of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared, last seen heading strongly towards the summit.

Finally, 29 years later a British Mountaineering Expedition led by Colonel John Hunt made history, when Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, and Edmund Hillary, a Beekeeper and young New Zealand climber from Auckland, reached the summit of Everest on 29 May 1953.

This ascent was then hailed as one of the biggest achievements of the human race. But even after 100 years, mountaineers are seized by the question of whether George Mallory and Andrew Irvine were the first to set foot on the summit of Everest.

Speaker – Brig. Ashok Abbey

Brig Ashok Abbey is a passionate skier-mountaineer, who has climbed extensively, for over 43 years in the Karakoram, Great Himalaya, and adjoining  mountain ranges, including overseas. He has climbed, led, and participated in many International, and Indian Mountaineering Expeditions to 5000-, 6000-, 7000-, and 8000-meter mountains, successfully.

Location

Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

7 to 8 pm, Tuesday, 6 August 2024

Closest access is from Gate Number 3
Maninder Kohli, Managing Trustee,
Himalayan Environment Trust, New Delhi

+919810009564