Frank Smythe's mountaineering achievements in the decade before the Second World War became a part of climbing history. His intensive Alpine climbing, followed by two Himalayan expeditions— to Kangchenjunga in 1930 and success the following year on Kamet, the highest summit then reached — became the prelude to Everest.
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