Comments on: A Chance Meeting https://maf.org/storyhub/a-chance-meeting/ Sat, 03 Dec 2022 13:49:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: MAF https://maf.org/storyhub/a-chance-meeting/#comment-808 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:07:11 +0000 http://mafhub.wpengine.com/?p=11551#comment-808 In reply to Mike Fawdrey.

Thanks for your fact-checking, Mike. You’re right. Doug Scott was the first Briton to climb the south-west face of Mount Everest. I’ve appended the story to reflect this fact.

]]> By: Mike Fawdrey https://maf.org/storyhub/a-chance-meeting/#comment-807 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:50:00 +0000 http://mafhub.wpengine.com/?p=11551#comment-807 The first British ascent of Everest was in 1953 led by Ed Hilary

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