biography
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Shipton, Eric (Earle)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1907–77)
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| biography:
| British mountaineer. He spent many years climbing in E and C Africa, and obtained much of his knowledge of the East during his terms as consul-general in Kashgar (1940–2, 1946–8) and Kunming (1949–51). Between 1933 and 1951 he either led or was a member of five expeditions to Mt Everest, and helped pave the way for the successful Hunt–Hillary expedition of 1953. |
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