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This reconnaissance expedition was disappointed to find no obvious evidence of karst limestone caves in the Chinese Tien Shan, though there are plenty in the Russian Tien Shan. They investigated the l Read more
This two-man team failed in their objective of traversing the three peaks of Heroic Korea, Sapoznikov and Sukhov, but instead climbed the N face of Ak Ayuk (3,650m) and also, by the normal route, E Bi Read more
This very large party of 36 officers and men approached Everest by the Rongbuk glacier, intending to climb the mountain by the west ridge. They made three bids for the summit, one group of two reachin Read more
Half of the 17 climbers (Australian, US, South African and four British) succeeded in climbing Kedarnath Dome (6,831m), but bad weather caused them to abandon attempts on the S pillar of Shivling. Read more
Two British men and one Indian woman followed a variation of the 1984 Japanese route up the SE ridge to the S summit of Jitchu Drake (NW Bhutan) and continued to make the first ascent of the N peak. Read more