Siliguri, March 30: Nearly half-a-century ago, Bhanu Banerjee accompanied legendary climber Edmund Hillary to a Himalayan expedition in pursuit of the Abominable Snowman and came back with some incredible memories.
“Every single moment of the expedition is still fresh in my mind. The fact that I was with Sir Edmund Hillary, listening to first-hand tales of the Everest Conquest, was extremely fulfilling,” said Banerjee.
The aim of the 1961-62 expedition, however, was not the highest mountain on earth, but the mythical creature, yeti. World Book Encyclopedia had sponsored the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition.
“We wanted to find out if the yeti existed or not,” Banerjee said. “We went from one remote village to another up to 19,000ft and returned assured that the yeti is just a myth,” Banerjee said.
