Description
This rare Board Game was produced following the first successful British Expedition to conquer Mount Everest in 1953. The game board is in very good vintage condition as shown. The game was made in England and published by G. J Hayter & Co. Ltd. of Bournemouth. The game includes its original box with some edge issues to the lid as shown. The board is in very good condition. I have included a set of good quality replacement wooden playing pieces and a dice. Game rules are printed on a label attached to the underside of the box lid.
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Extract from the Rules…
This game will recall the great achievement of the Everest Expedition lead by Sir John Hunt with a company of very gallant men. The party included Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing, who made the final ascent to the Summit on 29th May, 1953.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, in his foreword to Sir John Hunt’s book “The Ascent of Everest”, says that he is left with “a sense of profound admiration for the achievement of this expedition, both as a team and as individuals. In the human terms of physical effort and endurance alone it will live in history as a shining example to all mankind.”
The great mountain had remained unconquered for centuries but now, in playing this game, you can, in some measure, share the thrills of the men who electrified the world with the news that they had reached their goal.
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