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Despite bad weather which confined most of the party in Camp II for 6 days, four members of the 6-man Oxford team succeeded in 2 parties, at an interval of a week, in making the ascent of Agyasol (6,2 Read more
The Kashmir Himalaya 1981 5-man expedition led by Stuart Hepburn, basing itself at Tshringmad up the Cholong valley from Panikhar, climbed the E summit of Retsheriah (5,180m), turned back at 5,790m on Read more
A 3-man team, under Ian Rea, achieved a previously unclimbed route, taking 4 days, on the 2,100m snow and ice N face of Bhagarathi II, reaching the summit above the Gangotri Glacier on 10 September. A Read more
This 2-man team travelled extensively in remote parts of Zanskar and Ladakh, sometimes on ski, to investigate the distribution of large mammals, including species such as snow leopard, kiang, the Lada Read more
This 4-man team under John Nixon attempted Thaime Chish (c. 6,400m) from a base-camp at the junction of the Baltar and Toltar Glaciers N of Chalt. It had first been attempted by a German/Austrian team Read more