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yeti

That time Sir Edmund Hillary went in search of the yeti

4 October 2018 by The Spinoff

Hamish Parkinson investigates one of our great nation’s least-known foundational moments: Sir Edmund Hillary’s ultimately fruitless 1960 expedition to Nepal to look for the yeti.

Categories Featured, Society Tags Hamish Parkinson, Nepal, NZ History, Sir Edmund Hillary, yeti

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