Jake Norton Visits the 1938 High Camp on Mt. Everest

Jake Norton, over at the MountainWorld Blog,  has posted a pretty cool video today from the high camp of the 1938 Mt. Everest Expedition.  For those of you that might not know, Jake Norton was instrumental in helping to discover the high camps on Mt. Everest of the 1933 and 1924 Expeditions to Mt. Everest.  The 1924 Expedition was that which seen George Mallory and Sandy Irvine perish.  Their push to the summit has still never been proven, but has sparked one of the biggest mysteries in Mt. Everest History.  In 2001, Jake Norton and Conrad Anker discovered the body of George Mallory, that of Sandy irvine has still not been found.

After achieving two previous summits on Mt. Everest, in 1994, while climbing with Dave Hahn, Jake gave up another summit bid to do some exploring.  His exploration would lead him to the discovery of another high camp.  That of the 1938 Expedition.

By looking at the video, you can see that there wasn’t much there for Jake to find.  The camp had been laid out at an elevation of 27, 500 feet.  The camp, itself, was placed in one of the harshest and windiest areas on the North side, and yes, you will get to experience that in the video.  The Camp was discovered on the Northeast Ridge just below the Pinnacles and the Yellow Band.  The jet stream that runs over the top of Mt. Everest comes down in an almost direct hit with where this camp was placed.  This amazes me that someone actually spent some time there.  Hours.  Perhaps even a night.

You can tell by Jake’s reactions that the wind is harsh.  At times his voice fades to the locomotive sounds of the wind.  It is a pretty intense video, but also one of pretty historical significance.  Many of the areas visited by the early explorers of Mt. Everest have been buried in time.  Thankfully, there are people out there like Jake Norton that has shown an interest in discovering and uncovering the history of Mt. Everest.  Well done, Jake.

Stop on over to Jake Norton’s MountainWorld and watch the seven minute video.  After the video, feel free to poke around and see what else Jake has been up to.  He has always got something interesting going on!

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