Climbing Everest with Bentley Beetham

Key Information

Speaker: Stephen Livingstone

Event length: Tuesday 7 April, 6pm - 7:30pm

Meet at: NHSN Council Room, Level 2, Great North Museum: Hancock

Event cost: £4 NHSN Members, £5 Non-members

About this Event

In 1924 a County Durham school teacher, wildlife photographer and mountaineer called Bentley Beetham was selected to be part of a crack team tasked with being the first to climb the highest mountain in the world. When lead climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine mysteriously disappeared on the mountain the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition passed into legend.

Stephen Livingstone uses Beetham’s own words and photographs to tell the story of this remarkable expedition, from India across the high Tibetan plateau to within striking distance of the summit of Everest.

Stephen Livingstone is an artist whose work principally deals with human impact upon landscapes and habitats. He recently curated Eternal Ascent, a highly successful exhibition for Durham University’s Oriental Museum documenting the 1924 Mount Everest expedition in more than two hundred photographs selected from the university’s Bentley Beetham Collection.

Accessibility

The NHSN Council Room is fully accessible via the lift at the back of the museum.

Part of the Tuesdays @ 'The Hancock' series.

Join us on the first Tuesday of the month for talks exploring the stories behind natural history.