31st Mar, 2020 11:00

Books & Works on Paper including Autographs & Memorabilia

 
  Lot 342
 

British Mount Everest Expedition to China, 1982

British Mount Everest Expedition to China, 1982

Original postcard celebrating the 1982 British Expedition to Everest, addressed to mountaineer Jack Gibbs in India ('Greetings from Base Camp') and signed by team members Chris Bonington, Dick Renshaw, Joe Tasker, Peter Boardman, Dr Charles Clarke and Adrian Gordon in blue ink, some creasing and handling wear to margins and corners, Tibetan postage stamp, printed stamp of ''Base Camp / 5200 m'',110 x 160mm.

Only two months after signing this cover, Boardman and Tasker would disappear on the Northeast Ridge of Everest.

Estimated at £600 - £800

 

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