Hugh Ruttledge information

Hugh Ruttledge (24 October 1884 – 7 November 1961) was an English civil servant and mountaineer who was the leader of two expeditions to Mount Everest...

Ruttledge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hugh Ruttledge (1884–1961), English civil servant and mountaineer P. J. Ruttledge (1892–1952)...

ice axe had been found by Percy Wyn-Harris on the expedition led by Hugh Ruttledge in 1933. The team hoped in particular to find a camera on Irvine's body...

raised questions concerning the planning of such expeditions. This was Hugh Ruttledge's second expedition as leader. Heavy snows and an early monsoon forced...

Geoffrey Bruce, who was on the point of assuming a post in Quetta. Hugh Ruttledge was chosen as leader, with the proviso that, at forty-eight years of...

Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative. In 1926, Hugh Ruttledge studied the north face of Mount Kailash, which he estimated to be 6...

involves difficult passes, the lowest of which is 5,180 m (16,990 ft). Hugh Ruttledge attempted to reach the peak three times in the 1930s and failed each...

of whom had worked as porters on the 1933 Everest expedition led by Hugh Ruttledge, and who were willing to accompany him. On 21 March 1934, Wilson and...

attempts by explorers in 1870, (T. G. Longstaff) 1926, 1927 and 1932 (Hugh Ruttledge) did not fetch fruitful results. Eric Shipton and H. W. Tilman entered...

the 1933 British Mount Everest expedition where he reached Camp V. Hugh Ruttledge, who led the expedition, said he was one of the best porters. On the...

India. 1933 Smythe was a member of Hugh Ruttledge's Everest expedition. 1936 Smythe was again a member of Hugh Ruttledge's 2nd Everest Expedition. 1938 Smythe...

to have been climbed. He joined the 1933 Everest expedition led by Hugh Ruttledge as senior doctor, chief intellect, and a competent mountaineer of gigantic...

rock with loose pebbles, according to Wyn-Harris. Expedition leader Hugh Ruttledge said: "We have naturally paid close attention to the problem. Firstly...

expeditions in 2010 and 2011. A major expedition, under the leadership of Hugh Ruttledge, set out to climb with the great expectations that this time they would...

Audrey, Ruttledge, Hugh (1884–1961), mountaineer in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, online at Ruttledge, Hugh (1884–1961)...

the Mount Everest expeditions during the 1930s and later, including Hugh Ruttledge's 1933 Mount Everest expedition and the follow-up in 1936, the 1935 Mount...

commissioned to supply boots for the 1933 Everest expedition led by Hugh Ruttledge. In 1935 he moved the business, now known as Robert Lawrie Ltd, to London...

1960. Confirmation was not given until nearly three weeks later. Died: Hugh Ruttledge, 77, English mountaineer who led two unsuccessful tries (in 1933 and...

single contribution yet made to the science of petrology". In 1933 Hugh Ruttledge led a British expedition to the north side of Mount Everest, the first...

summit. Early expeditions—such as Charles Bruce's in the 1920s and Hugh Ruttledge's two unsuccessful attempts in 1933 and 1936—tried to ascend the mountain...

Expedition to attempt to climb Mount Everest. The expedition, led by Hugh Ruttledge, reached a height of 23,000 ft (7,010 m) on the North Col. However,...

ever before and it was felt they had done well. Even if the leader, Hugh Ruttledge, had not been a conspicuous success, no criticisms of his leadership...