Oxygen Frame Pack: Oxygen Bottles
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Oxygen frame pack complete with two air bottles, mask and tube with pressure gauges. Dual oxygen bottles which contained 800 litres when full and weighed 11 1/2lbs (including reducing valve = pressure gauge) Worn by Edmund Hillary on successful attempt to reach summit of Mt Everest, 1953. on summit of Everest
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Title
Oxygen Frame Pack: Oxygen Bottles
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Maker
Duval
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Date made
1952-1953
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Subject
First ascent of Mt Everest; 29 May 1953, Leisure & Recreation, Canterbury Social History
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