Background
Francis Sydney Smythe was born on July 6, 1900, in Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom.
(With reproductions of Photographs by the Author and a Ske...)
With reproductions of Photographs by the Author and a Sketch-Map.
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1947
(A collection of six of the best works by Himalayan and Al...)
A collection of six of the best works by Himalayan and Alpine climber Francis Sydney Smythe. Climbs and Ski Runs depicts Smythes early climbs in the Alps, including his ascent of the Brenva face of Mont Blanc with Graham Brown. Kanchenjunga Adventure recounts firsthand the unsuccessful 1930 expedition to that peak, during which two climbers died. Kamet Conquered describes Smythes pioneering ascent of 25,447-foot Kamet, as well as previous tries. Camp 6 details the 1933 attempt on Everest, when Smythe climbed to the highest point ever reached at that time. Valley of Flowers follows more adventures in the Garhwal Himalaya and Bhyundar Valley. Mountaineering Holiday describes a fine alpine season during the last days of peacetime, in the summer of 1939.
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2000
Photographer writer mountain climber
Francis Sydney Smythe was born on July 6, 1900, in Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom.
Francis Smythe educated in Switzerland after an initial period at Berkhamsted School.
An electrical engineer at the Faraday House Engineering College from 1919 to 1926, Francis Smythe then served in the Royal Air Force from 1927 to 1929. He resigned because of a baffling illness that he caught in the Himalayas (which eventually killed him) and spent the rest of his life writing, photographing, and mountain climbing.
Francis Smythe toured as a lecturer; and he wrote a total of twenty-seven books. Smythe's focused approach is well documented, not only through his own writings but by his contemporaries and later works. Among his many public lectures, Francis Smythe gave several to the Royal Geographical Society, his first in 1931 titled "Explorations in Garhwal around Kamet" and his second in 1947 titled "An Expedition to the Lloyd George Mountains, North-East British Columbia".
In 1949, in Delhi, Francis Smythe was taken ill with food poisoning; then a succession of malaria attacks took their toll. He died on 27 June 1949, two weeks before his 49th birthday.
(A collection of six of the best works by Himalayan and Al...)
2000(With reproductions of Photographs by the Author and a Ske...)
1947Francis Smythe enjoyed mountaineering, photography, collecting plants, and gardening.