We learn much more of the small but interesting details of personal relations, of finance-even, one might say, of housekeeping-than is usual all of which brings us closer to the experience ourselves. I believe rocks have long been considered appropriate for women, but complicated snow- and icework has usually been man’s field.Īll this is written up in the most engaging way with an informality and intimacy rare in expedition books. The surprising aspect of this expedition is the technical difficulty of the terrain- glaciers, icefalls, crevasses-that they took on. Although theirs was a relatively small and modest expedition, still they explored the last large unknown area of the Nepal Himalaya, the Jugal Himal (where white people had never before entered), discovered hitherto unknown passes, corrected inaccuracies of the map, and climbed a new peak of more than 22,000 feet. Evelyn Camrass accomplished something new in the way of a Himalayan expedition-one organized and carried out-and with complete competence and success, -by women alone. Monica Jackson, Miss Betty Stark, and Dr. 255 pages 24 pages of photographs 5 sketch maps. Tents in the Clouds, by Monica Jackson and Elizabeth Stark.
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