This My Voyage

Longstaff was one of the great early Himalayan climber-explorers. His travels took him to the Caucasus (1903), Nanda Devi (1905), Trisul and Kamet (w/ Bruce and Mumm, 1907), Tibet (traveling partly w/ the Duke of Abruzzi, de Filippi, and Sella, 1909), Assiniboine (1910), Purcell Range (w/ Wheeler, Kain, Harman, 1910), Spitsbergen (w/ Odell, 1921, 1923), Everest (1922), Greenland (1928), and elsewhere. The 1907 first ascent of Trisul remained the highest peak climbed for 21 years. Longstaff was so well thought of he was even invited by Scott to go to the Antarctic, an offer he refused. A good read.

Ad Carter (1914-1995) was a mountaineer, language teacher, editor of the American Alpine Journal, and member of the Harvard Five; which included Bob Bates, Charles Houston, Terris Moore, and Brad Washburn. Ad went on a number of expeditions including attempts on Mt. Crillon (1932, 1933) with Bates, Houston and Washburn, the National Geographic Society Expedition to SW Yukon (1935) with Bates and Washburn, Ojos del Salado, Chile (1956) with Bates, and Mt Russell (1966) with Bates.

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