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This nine-member team which met with daunting administrative difficulties, achieved their objective of exploring and surveying 'the world's largest under- ground river' on their second visit. They acc Read more
This six-member climbing team achieved their third objective of a second ascent of Tupendo II (5,600m) by the S ridge, but serious injury involved retreat below the summit of Tupendo I (5,700m). Their Read more
A four-man party hoped to achieve the first ascent of Manda III (6,529m) by its NW face but gave up when they found that the snow was very avalanche prone. An attempt on Jogin III (6,116m) was within Read more
One man of this climbing pair made solo first ascents of Point 5,550m (Passu glacier) by the S face ice couloir, and of the N face and NW ridge of Fiyag (5,550m) (also known as Badshani or King's Peak Read more
This two-member team climbed Sentinel (Boom) but bad weather and illness prevented them from achieving their objective of a first ascent of the N face of Shani Peak (5,880m) in the Naltar valley. Read more