Photo above is of the press conference of Sir Edmund Hillary's 1960 Himalayan expedition to search for the legendary Yeti.. Shown at the conference are: Marlin Perkins, zoologist and director of the Lincoln Park Zoo; Sir Edmund Hillary; Khumjo Chumbi, a Sherpa guide; and Desmond Doig, official correspondent for World Book. A skull is on the table.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Maybe we shouldn't give up the search for a Yeti, given the wonderful new's in the previous post.
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I started at Lincoln Park about this time and even got to meet Sir Edmund when he toured LPZ with Mr. Perkins. Mr. Perkins did pretty well with a slide presentation about this trip for several years.
Disney's still cashing in on the Yeti with Expedition Everest, a popular attraction at Animal Kingdom. Unfortunately the Yeti at DAK has some mechanical problems. It was Disney's most complex audio-animatronic figure but has stopped moving and it's best effect is a strobe light. The local paper refered to it as "Disco Yeti".
I think there was an Irishman named Peter Byrne on this expedition, who was a personal friend of Jimmy Stewart. http://txsasquatch.blogspot.com/2005/12/peter-byrne.html
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