Mt. Ophir (4,187’) - 1969

1968mto_expedition_med

Left to Right:

Standing :  Geoff Downing, Harry Dunn, Daryl Peeke, Dave Mackney

Seated:  Bob Gould, Tony Gregory, Tony Byrne

Extract From The Rose & The Laurel 1970 - Photo taken by Clive Fleury

Some of us got to the top but some of us didn’t. Well, Lord Hunt didn’t get to the top of Mount Everest, did he?  If the truth be told we underestimated the problem and over- estimated our own stamina and fitness, but ”better to have tried and lost, etc”. 

                                                                                                     COPYRIGHT © ASHFORD NETDESIGN 2012 - 2017