G J Hayter & Company Ltd :Climbing Everest; a new family game. A "Victory" regd Product. No. 63. Made in England by G J Hayter & Co. Ltd, The Victory Works, Boscombe, Bournemouth [Board game. 1954]

Boxed board game for which the instructions are printed inside the box lid. Players move counters along a track up to the summit of Everest, through Base Camp and 8 further camps, taking up 196 squares on the board. Player can be forced to turn back or wait, through such mishaps as illness, crevasses, crumbling ice, heavy snow, lack of supplies, gale force winds, broken rope and exhaustion.

The game was published the year after the successful mountain climb of Everest, during which Sir Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay reached the summit.

Quantity: 1 board game.

Physical Description: Game board, 450 x 298 mm, folded to 225 x 298 mm; die and six coloured plastic counters, all in box 320 x 235 x 30 mm.

Provenance: Purchased from Meridian Rare Books, London, in June 2013. Formerly from the collection of Sir George Lowe.