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Owing to prolonged difficulties - delay in arrival of kit, under-equipped porters, difficult approach march and illness including the death of a Sherpa cook- this strong five-man team only reached 6,1 Read more
This six-member party took the long approach route from Dharan up the Barun valley past Makalu Base Camp to attempt the SE ridge of Baruntse (7,104m) from the lower Barun glacier. Some members had acc Read more
The British member of this disastrous Polish expedition reports that five of the six members who reached the summit of Everest by the W ridge and the Hornbein Couloir were killed by a massive avalanch Read more
This eight-member party approached Nilkantha from the S by the Panapatia- Bamak valley to attempt the unclimbed SE ridge but turned back at Hoom owing to snow conditions. They also reached 5,500m on P Read more
To mark the 50th anniversary of Shipton's Blank on the Map and to continue his interrupted exploration of 1939, this strong three-man team succeeded in their aim of going up the Biafo glacier to Snow Read more