Word: yeti
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...HiHary descended into Nepal with only one furry shred of evidence that the Snowman has any more substance than Santa Claus. Sir Edmund's trophy: a scalp that Himalayan natives, who have treasured it as a good-luck hairpiece for some 250 years, believe to be a genuine yeti remain. To get the scalp, Hillary had to do some sharp bargaining with local witch doctors, who feared that disaster might strike if the scalp were taken from their domain. In the end, he got the trinket on a month's loan by promising a donation to a village...
...headlines so far was an expedition sideline: Hillary's quest for the Abominable Snowman. Although he suspects that the abomination is just a snow job, Hillary is toting a special, hypodermic-firing blunderbuss with a so-yd. kayo range to make sure that he is ready for yeti...