Olly Sanders (with Martin Chester and Iain Peter) August-September 2000

At least three previous expeditions have attempted the SW Ridge of Parbati South (aka Pt 6128) in the Kullu without success. This team researched the 800m route carefully and felt that - given reasonable weather - 3 weeks in the area should give them sufficient time to climb it. Initially the weather was relatively kind, and they were encouraged to find that the rock was good granite with pitches of VS and HVS. Then all this changed, with daily snow falls and a band of very rotten unstable rock at 5600m putting paid to their attempt. A dam project may mean that the beautiful approach via the Parbati Valley may be impassable within a few years.