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The team hoped to make the first ascent of this 7,388m peak in Hunza, possibly from the rarely attempted N side. This proved impractical owing to an extremely broken glacier, so they turned their atte Read more
The Katchikani area of the Hindu Kush is restricted, so it had previously been visited by few (if any) Westerners. This team explored the Thalo glacier and made probably the first ascent of a 5,441m p Read more
Dangerous cornices and poor snow conditions prevented this team from actually standing on the summits of Mitre Peak (5,945m) and Sceptre (5,800m). However, on the former they reached c5,900m after mak Read more
This party planned to make first ascents from the Yengutz but once in the Hispar valley they decided to climb from the Garumbar glacier instead. From here, they climbed Uyumrung Sar (c5,900) from the Read more
After establishing an advanced Base Camp at the head of the Sim Gang glacier, this team picked an interesting but unnamed peak (c5,800m), and in one day climbed to within 150m of its summit. At this p Read more