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Colonel Jimmy Roberts and the first ascent of Mera Peak

Mera Peak was first climbed 62 years ago to the day

Sixty-two years ago to the day Colonel Jimmy Roberts made the first ascent of Mera Peak with the Sherpa Sen Tenzing. This little postscript to the first ascent of Everest in 1953 may have been the birth of commercial trekking. Continue reading
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Published on May 20, 2015 08:07
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