Eric Shipton was a British mountaineer and explorer. He took part in several Everest expeditions in the 1930s and is known for his explorations of the Himalaya, the Karakoram and Patagonia.
In 1951, during an Everest reconnaissance expedition, he found and photographed large footprints on a glacier in Nepal. “Shipton’s footprint photograph” was reported around the world and became one of the most famous pieces of evidence for the yeti.
