Norman Dyhrenfurth and Sherpas visit Topanga Beach
Title
Norman Dyhrenfurth and Sherpas visit Topanga Beach
Description
Mountain climber Norman Dyhrenfurth and his team of Sherpas visited the Fitzpatrick family at Topanga Beach after he led the first successful American Mount Everest Expedition of 1963.
"Sherpas don't have a word for 'ocean.' The surf was huge this day; they ran screaming and yelling into the pounding shorebreak.
-- Jim Fitzpatrick
"Sherpas don't have a word for 'ocean.' The surf was huge this day; they ran screaming and yelling into the pounding shorebreak.
-- Jim Fitzpatrick
Date
1963
Source
Digital only
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Contributor
Jim Fitzpatrick