In reply to UKC/UKH Articles:
Many thanks for reminding me of this.
I'm old enough to have been inspired reading Eric Shipton as a teenager and to have been able to follow (much less competently) in some of his footsteps when it was still possible to do so, in the Ruwenzori and the Nanda Devi sanctuary in the 70's.
I've sometimes wondered if the history of Everest, particularly its commercialisation, might have turned out differently if Shipton had been retained as leader of the 1953 expedition and they had succeeded in the lightweight, small team, style that he favoured.
Martin