{"id":785,"date":"2024-05-13T22:49:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T22:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/?page_id=785"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:13:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:13:34","slug":"june-5-1924","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-5-1924\/","title":{"rendered":"June 5, 1924"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular has-small-font-size\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbfbfb\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/\">Introduction<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-5-1924\/\">June 5, 1924<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-6-1924\/\">June 6, 1924<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-7-1924\/\">June 7, 1924<\/a><br> <em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-7-1924\/comments-on-mallorys-note-to-noel\/\">Comments on Mallory\u2019s note to Noel<\/a><\/em><br> <em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-7-1924\/comments-on-mallorys-note-to-odell\/\">Comments on Mallory\u2019s note to Odell<\/a><\/em><br> <em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-7-1924\/some-notes-on-the-oxygen-question\/\">Some notes on the oxygen question<\/a><\/em><br> <em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-7-1924\/some-notes-on-mallorys-equipment-list-the-sleeping-bag-issue\/\">Some notes on Mallory\u2019s equipment list \u2013 The sleeping bag issue<\/a><\/em><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-8-1924\/\">June 8, 1924<\/a><br>  <em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-8-1924\/mallory-irvines-ascent-to-8500-m-28000-ft\/\">Mallory &amp; Irvine\u2019s ascent to 8500 m\/28,000 ft.<\/a><\/em><br>  <em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-8-1924\/mallory-irvines-ascent-beyond-8500-m-28000-ft\/\">Mallory &amp; Irvine\u2019s ascent beyond 8500 m\/28,000 ft.<\/a><\/em><br>  <em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-8-1924\/climbing-the-second-step-is-the-mystery-finally-solved\/\">Climbing the Second Step \u2013 Is the Mystery finally solved?<\/a><\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/beyond-the-second-step-hypotheses-considerations\/\">Beyond the Second Step \u2013 Hypotheses &amp; Considerations<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/where-is-andrew-irvine\/\">Where is Andrew Irvine?<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/conclusions\/\">Conclusions<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/expedition-waste\/\">Expedition Waste<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mallory, Irvine &amp; Odell at C 4<\/strong>, preparing for final summit attempt (Norton 4, p. 124).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hazard + 5 porters back from C 3 to C 4<\/strong>, starting 11 a.m., arriving 2:30 p.m. (Hazard 4 p.m.) (C3 &amp; C4 diaries; Norton 4, pp. 117 &amp; 124); transport of oxygen cylinders by these porters is explicitly stated in C4 diary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Somervell descending from C 4 to C 3 in the afternoon<\/strong>, arriving 5:30 p.m.; next day down to BC (C3 diary; Norton 4, ibid.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On this day, Geoffrey Bruce sent the following message from C 3 to C 4, which was found with<br>Mallory\u2019s body in 1999:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><em>Dear Mallory,<\/em>\n<em>Herewith 2 tins Bully Beef, 2 tins Bovril, 1 tin Meta, 1 tongue, 1 tin Foie, + 1 tin Biscuits\nAlso 1 tin Mixed Petrol &amp; Oil from dump.\nThe porters have instruction to pick up the oxygen cylinders put aside by you at the dump.\nFor coolies: 1 tin Biscuits, 1 lb. Salt\nLet us know developments as soon as you can. Hazard is off to the Base today!\nHingston, Noel, &amp; I are ready for any emergency.\nDo you want me up yet? I think I could manage to do a bit, though my heart is undoubtedly a bit \u201dworky\u201d.<\/em>\n   <em>Yours\n   Geoffrey Bruce<\/em><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">As the note is dated&nbsp;<em>\u201cCamp III, 5 June\u201d<\/em>, it must have been brought up by Hazard with the requested<br>supplies the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remark,&nbsp;<em>\u201cHazard is off to the Base today\u201d<\/em>, refers to the original plan before Hazard was signalled<br>to go back to C 4 in the morning of 5 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bruce\u2019s remark about the condition of his heart refers to the after-effects of his load carrying efforts at<br>C 5 during the attempt with Mallory on June 1st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weather that day:&nbsp;<em>\u201cA brilliant day with a maximum temperature of 105\u00b0, though the air temperature<br>never rose above freezing.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;(Norton 4, p. 124)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents IntroductionJune 5, 1924June 6, 1924June 7, 1924 &#8211; Comments on Mallory\u2019s note to Noel &#8211; Comments on Mallory\u2019s note to Odell &#8211; Some notes on the oxygen question &#8211; Some notes on Mallory\u2019s equipment list \u2013 The sleeping bag issue June 8, 1924 &#8211; Mallory &amp; Irvine\u2019s&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/en\/mallory-and-irvine\/june-5-1924\/\" class=\"more-link read-more\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue Reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">June 5, 1924<\/span><i class=\"fa fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":678,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-785","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"h-entry","7":"h-as-page"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":897,"href":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/785\/revisions\/897"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jochenhemmleb.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}