Expedition participant in 1952

Norman G. Dyhrenfurth 1918

Following an odyssey that took Dyhrenfurth as an afterthought on a forced march via Biratnagar to the base camp on the Khumbu glacier, the effects of lack of acclimatisation became apparent. The cameraman suffered a heavy cold that forced him to leave the ice camp at the foot of the Lhotse flank. After a short period of recuperation, he was able to fulfil his assignment by capturing panoramic views of the Pumori shoulder. We have much to thank Norman Dyhrenfurth and his large telephoto camera for quality of the film of the expedition and many of the finest shots.