Mask: Oxygen
Production date
1952-1953
Description
Small mask for use at night while sleeping with rebreathing bladder and two tubes of rubber. Sleeping apparatus - used below South Col. (do not think any sleeping apparatus came down from camp VIII and certainly not from camp IX. Personal material used by Edmund Hillary on his ascent of Everest late May 1953.
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Used by Edmund Hillary on the first ascent of Everest, 1953
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A154.20
A154.37
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ALP154.37
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