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The Burgess twins and Paul Moores succeeded (despite bad weather in early July) in climbing the 4,000m 'Rupal face', the highest rock and ice wall in the world. The party turned back on the summit rid Read more
The team of Boardman, Tasker, Renshaw and Doug Scott first attempted the W ridge (on which Nick Estcourt had been swept away by an avalanche in 1978), reaching a height of 7,000m before being turned b Read more
A 7-man team from Queen's University, Belfast, under Alistair Acheson, spent 6 weeks on Prins Christian IV Island in the Cape Farewell region of S Greenland. From their base at Qasigissat, they made 4 Read more
The British-Malaysian Speleological Expedition to Sarawak penetrated the extensive cave-system under the precipitous Melinau limestone hills in the Gunong Mulu National Park. Results exceeded their ex Read more
The third of four expeditions led by Duncan Carse to the island of South Georgia which, from 1951-57, succeeded in mapping the interior of the island. The 1955/56 expedition was focused on filling in Read more