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This is the first account of how two women climbers and two Sherpas lost their lives in blizzard conditions on the slopes of Himalayan peak Cho Oyu. Cho Oyu was a male preserve for 60 years before, in 1959, beachwear designer and eminent climber Claude Kogan led an all-women climb. Kogan was obsessed with scaling this, the sixth highest mountain in the world. She d been thwarted on an expedition five years previously, when the male leader insisted they turn back in bad weather. Stephen Harper, a Daily Express journalist, was granted access to the women's story. As a man he had to travel one step behind the women and the (male) Sherpas, relying on runners to bring their accounts to him, (and avoid rival newspapers trying to scoop the story). Bringing together diaries, interviews and reminiscences, along with around 50 largely exclusive pictures, this vivid tale of travel through the Himalayas culminates in the assault on Cho Oyu, the deadly blizzard, and the aftermath.
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Stephen Harper's career in journalism started when, aged 16, he joined the Leicester Evening Mail, and was 'interrupted' only by service with HMS Petard during the Second World War. Harper joined the staff of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo and then, in 1950, the Daily Express. He was based in New Delhi when he covered the Cho Oyu expedition, and later reported from various overseas posts. In 1979 he joined the BBC, initially on the foreign desk, and then with the parliamentary staff.
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Fairly basic telling of Claude Kogan's tragic all-women's attempt to climb Cho Oyu in the fall of 1959
15 Sep 2009
Format:Hardcover
Originally published as Lady Killer Peak in 1965. Turned around by Swiss mountaineer Raymond Lambert at Cho Oyu high camp in 1954, Madame Claude Kogan arranged an all-women's expedition to attempt Cho Oyu in the fall of 1959. Tragedy struck when Kogan, Claudine van der Stratten, and Sherpa Ang Norbu were trapped at their high camp, and killed by an avalanche. Two Sherpas were hit by an avalanche trying to rescue them, with Sherpa Chewang being killed. "Finally, I struggled free , and tried to take in the rope to find Chewang. He was buried too deep."
The author was a newspaper journalist covering the attempt. He describes his trek from Kathmandu to Namche, across the Nangpa La to Cho Oyu base camp in Tibet. He brings together diaries and interviews to retell the expedition attempt and tragedy. There are 12 pages of bw photos.
The story is fairly basic. The photos are good, especially the two photos of Tenzing Norgay who arranged the Sherpa support for the team.
The author was a newspaper journalist covering the attempt. He describes his trek from Kathmandu to Namche, across the Nangpa La to Cho Oyu base camp in Tibet. He brings together diaries and interviews to retell the expedition attempt and tragedy. There are 12 pages of bw photos.
The story is fairly basic. The photos are good, especially the two photos of Tenzing Norgay who arranged the Sherpa support for the team.
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