Eric Shipton
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Sep 11, 2026
Genden PhuntsokGUEST
Mm.
Tom HiddlestonGUEST
He had been on a reconnaissance expedition in 1951 with this great romantic, uh, climber called Eric Shipton, uh, because Nepal had opened its borders to Western exploration in the late '40s.
Tom HiddlestonGUEST
And they went up a peak that's opposite Everest called Pumori, and suddenly they looked down and they saw this route, a new route that was never available to Mallory or any of those climbers that was possible through the ice fall.
Tom HiddlestonGUEST
And I had exactly the same view of Everest for the first time.
Carly QHOST
Well, since you are all up in my face literally, let's see what you're about.
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Event, the Yeti [censored], Eric Shipton, [censored], Himalayas, 1951.
Carly QHOST
Yeti? Like the water bottle? Hmm.
Carly QHOST
Okay, let's see.
Carly QHOST
After consulting with H Dad- Yeti, Eric Shipton, Himalayas ...
Carly QHOST
I learned that the Yeti was a mythical ape-like creature that lived in the snowy Himalayan mountains.
Carly QHOST
Oh, like the Abominable Snowman.
KarenHOST
And he brings up an image from 1951 taken by Shipton.
KarenHOST
So that's actually, well... real there are no verified photographs of a living yeti as the creature is part of himalayan folklore and that's where i would have liked them to tell us more about the folklore part of it the most famous photograph associated with the yeti is a 1951 image taken by explorer eric shipton which shows a large human-like footprint in the snow next to an ice axe for scale the shipton footprint was taken on a glacier near Mount Everest at about 12,000 feet.
KarenHOST
This is the most iconic purported photographic evidence of the creature.
KarenHOST
Expeditions in the 1950s and 60s also photographed preserved scalps and skeletal fragments housed in Himalayan monasteries, which DNA testing later identified as belonging to local animals like the Himalayan brown bear and the Tibetan blue bear.
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KarenHOST
It's
GregHOST
a song.
KarenHOST
And about Eric Shipton's famous photograph of the Yeti footprint, not foot footprint.
KarenHOST
Did
Jake FieldHOST
In 1950, a reconnaissance expedition led by Charles Houston and Bill Tilman investigated the approach through the Khumbu region.
Jake FieldHOST
Then in 1951, Eric Shipton led another British reconnaissance expedition.
Jake FieldHOST
The team managed to find a way through much of the icefall and reached the Western Cwm, proving that the southern route could potentially work.
Jake FieldHOST
Their photograph helped reveal a possible route towards the South Col and the summit.
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In 1951, another Everest reconnaissance expedition produced the most famous footprint photograph in Yeti history.
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Eric Shipton was a British mountaineer and explorer known for his light, exploratory approach to mountain travel.
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In the Everest region, near the Menlang Glacier, Shipton and his companions found a large footprint in the snow.
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Shipton photographed it with an ice axe placed nearby for scale.
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Sherpa guides connected the marks with a mountain being through words later rendered uncertainly in English.
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Henry Newman helped give the world abominable snowman.
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Eric Shipton photographed a remarkable print near the Menlang Glacier.
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The Daily Mail sent an expedition in search of clues.
Simon WhistlerHOST
The Shipton photographs.
Simon WhistlerHOST
So interest in the Yeti skyrocketed in 1951, following yet another British reconnaissance expedition, this one led by Eric Shipton.
Simon WhistlerHOST
One day, Shipton and his teammate, Michael Ward, were exploring the Menlung Glacier on the border between Nepal and Tibet when they came across some large footprints.
Simon WhistlerHOST
They took a few photos, placing an ice pick next to the prints for scale.
Simon WhistlerHOST
A few days later, we were joined by Mari and Bordillon, who had followed us over the Menlung La.
Simon WhistlerHOST
In his diary, Bordillon comments on the tracks, which by the time he saw them, had become deformed by sun and wind, and they followed them for some way down the Menlung Glacier." End quote.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Now, Eric Shipton himself didn't seem too interested in this discovery.
Simon WhistlerHOST
The man was busy looking for a way to climb Everest.