The British mountaineering establishment covered up the affair for over fifty years by pinning the blame on John de Vars Hazard on the grounds that, by deliberately deviating from the officially permitted route on his return to Sikkim, he was the cause the diplomatic incident.
The British mountaineering establishment covered up the affair for over fifty years by. He was the cause the diplomatic incident. This was by deliberately deviating from the officially permitted route on his return to Sikkim. The British mountaineering establishment was pinning the blame on John de Vars Hazard on the grounds this.