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Despite delays at the start of this expedition due to prolonged periods of rain, and assisting 00/35, this expedition achieved not only its primary aim of the first ascent of Whaleback Peak, c.1,200m, Read more
In 1997 Town discovered a wealth of unclimbed 6,000m peaks in the Western Nyenchen Tanglha Range of Tibet. Unfortunately their return in 1999 coincided with a period of very poor weather with repeated 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
This mixed team (6 British, 5 Ecuadorean), working in co-ordination with the East Anglian Ecuador Cloud Forest Expedition (see 92/6), set out to study aspects of the cloud forest and aquatic ecosystem Read more
Of nine climbers only four acclimatised properly and of these only two reached Camp 4A (6,500m) on Masherbrum (7,821m), retreating owing to bad storm conditions. Read more