The Longland Traverse on Mount Everest
On May 23, 2019, Sid Pattison and I (Jake Norton) dropped into the Longland Traverse from the 1933 Camp VI on Mount Everest as part of our search for Andrew Irvine.
The Longland Traverse is named after Jack Longland, member of the 1933 British Mount Everest Expedition. Longland helped establish Camp VI at 27,400 feet in the Yellow Band, and then was charged with assisting eight Nepali porters back down to the lower camps. Rather than risk the steep terrain they had ascended, Longland opted for a diagonal bench which now bears his name, heading northward along the North Face toward the Northeast Shoulder.
In 2019, Sid and I headed into the Longland to see if (a) we could spot any evidence of Mallory and Irvine from 1924, and (b) to see if there was a logical route Chhiring Dorje might have taken in 1995 when he reportedly saw a body high on the mountain. The Longland Traverse is rarely if ever used these days, and it was a great pleasure to be on it once again (I went down the Traverse in 2004 as well).
This video is uploaded as part of a massive, interactive panorama project on Mount Everest and its environs. Go deeper and learn more in the Virtual Everest Panorama Project on my website at: https://jakenorton.com/virtual-mount-....
