▁Tom ▁Bour d illon , ▁W . ▁H . ▁Murray , ▁and ▁Mike ▁Ward ▁travel led ▁into ▁Nep al ▁to ▁survey ▁a ▁new ▁route ▁via ▁the ▁southern ▁face . ▁On ▁September ▁ 3 0 ▁at ▁ ▁on ▁P um ori , ▁Sh i pton ▁and ▁Hill ary ▁saw ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁C w m ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁as cent ▁was ▁possible ▁from ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁C w m ▁to ▁the ▁west ▁face ▁of ▁L hot se ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁traverse ▁to ▁the ▁South ▁Col . ▁They ▁spent ▁the ▁next ▁month ▁attempting ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁Western ▁C w m ▁through ▁the ▁Kh um bu ▁Ice fall ▁but ▁were ▁stopped ▁just ▁short ▁of ▁success ▁when ▁an ▁ins ur mount able ▁cre vas se ▁( 1 0 0 – 3 0 0   ft ▁wide ) ▁blocked ▁further ▁progress ▁near ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁ice fall . ▁Murray ▁wrote : ▁" We ▁were ▁defeated ". ▁▁ ▁Klaus ▁Be cker - L ars en ▁along ▁with ▁two ▁Sher pas ▁attempted ▁the ▁North ▁col ▁but ▁turned ▁back ▁because ▁of ▁rock fall . ▁He ▁had ▁no ▁mount aine ering ▁experience ▁and ▁minimal ▁equipment . ▁First ▁European ▁to ▁reach ▁N ang pa ▁La . ▁▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁A ▁Swiss ▁expedition ▁led ▁by ▁Ed ou ard ▁Wy ss - D un ant ▁attempted ▁to ▁clim b ▁via ▁the ▁South ▁Col ▁and ▁the ▁sout heast ▁r idge . ▁After ▁five ▁days ▁of ▁effort , ▁the ▁team ▁found ▁a ▁route ▁through ▁the ▁ice fall ; ▁they ▁got