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Summit, April 1967
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George Ingle Finch, (1888 – 1970) was a chemist and mountaineer and known for creating the first down jacket for a 1922 Mount Everest Expedition. Â “Is this your famous balloon jacket?” Finch glowered at me. Â It was obvious that he’d endured too much teasing about that particular article of clothing. Â "It’s the goose-down-filled outer…
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woanderlust: F.S. Smythe