Eric Shipton

A British mountaineer whose name runs through the Yeti record. On 1 June 1933 he set out with Frank Smythe from Camp VI on Everest. He fell ill and turned back, so Smythe went on alone. Autumn 1951. As leader of the British Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, Shipton crossed unexplored country with Michael Ward and Sen Tensing and photographed footprints near the Menlung Glacier. That photograph became a benchmark. Later finds by Don Whillans in 1970 and Anthony Wooldridge in 1986 were set beside it.

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N. A. Tombazi's Yeti Sighting near the Zemu Glacier, Sikkim Himalaya (1925)

1925 · Southern glaciers of Kangchenjunga, below the Zemu Gap (reported as near the Zemu Glacier), Sikkim

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources

30Partially documented

Mountaineer whose 1951 footprint photographs followed 26 years later

Frank Smythe's "Pulsating Teapots" on Everest

June 1, 1933 · North face of Mount Everest, about 200 ft above Camp VI, looking toward the north ridge, Tibet

UAP · Other · 25 sources

23Thinly documented

Smythe's climbing partner, who turned back ill before the sighting

Shipton and Ward Yeti Footprints, Menlung Glacier, 1951

November 8, 1951 · Menlung Glacier, below the Menlung La, Gauri Sankar group, Nepal-Tibet border

Cryptid · Creature · 49 sources · 5 photos

49Partially documented

Expedition leader, witness and photographer

Don Whillans' Yeti Sighting and Footprint Photographs, Annapurna Sanctuary (1970)

March 1970 · Near Machapuchare Base Camp, Annapurna Sanctuary, Kaski district

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

26Thinly documented

Anthony Wooldridge's Yeti Photographs near Hemkund

March 6, 1986 · Slope below Hemkund, Alaknanda Valley, Garhwal Himalaya (Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources · 1 photos

35Partially documented

Mountaineer whose 1951 footprint photograph was compared to Wooldridge's close-up print