FRANK SMYTHE Frank Smythe was a widely travelled mountaineer who wrote numerous books related to climbing and mountains during the 1940's. He rose to prominence in mountaineering circles following two impressive seasons in the Alps in 1927 and 1928. He then climbed extensively in the Himalaya and was invited to join the 1933 British Mount Everest Expedition during which he and two others reached at elevation of 28,200 feet on the north side of the mountain without oxygen. During WW II he served in the Canadian Rockies as a mountaineer training officer for the famous Lovat Scouts.