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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...said by geologists to have been carved out by erosion between 12,000 and 35,000 years ago. First reports made it appear that the plateau on top was something like a penthouse garden on the roof of a skyscraper, but such is not the case. Though arduous, the ascent to the top is far from impossible and the worst of the climb is confined to a steep sandstone slope near the top. Yet before the expedition reached its goal, Shiva Temple was touted as a "biological island" whose animal life, if any remained, must have been isolated from...
...have done quite a bit of work with Professor Piccard in supplying balloons for his activities in the upper air and are greatly impressed by his courage and ingenuity. Of course the balloons with which he made his ascent are exactly the same thing as are used singly for sending up meteorological instruments to flash back radio signals of the weather conditions in the stratosphere. Three Government stations are now using them instead of airplanes for obtaining daily weather observations from the upper...
...months Prof. Piccard had been talking of stratosphere ascents in which the lifting power would be provided not by one big balloon but a cluster of small ones. It was his theory that with such an outfit he could keep on ascending until some of the balloons burst (because of the diminishing outside air pressure). Also, he could descend at will by putting several balloons out of commission with a pistol. He thought 2,000 four-foot rubber balloons would be enough for a record flight. Last week's ascent, using only 80 balloons, was in the nature...
Among the eight summer expeditions during the past five years the organization's most ambitious attempt was the successful ascent of Mt. Nanda Devi in the Indian Himalayas last August. With this record behind them the club has earned the distinction of having climbed to the greatest height ever reached...
Arthur B. Emmons will describe the ascent of Mt. Nanda Devi in a free public lecture at the Institute of Geographical Exploration this evening at 8 o'clock...