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The Shiwakte peaks (first sighted by Aurel Stein in 1913 and reconnoitred from a distance by Skrine in 1922-24) lie E of Mt Kongur. This six-member party was obliged by Chinese bureaucracy to approach Read more
This British-Irish-Indian party explored the relatively unvisited Khatling Cirque, were turned back at 5,850m on the unclimbed S ridge of Jaonli, but made the first ascent of P5,450m (by E face and SE Read more
This four-man team was frustrated by bad weather in their attempt on Malubiting (7,432m) from its hitherto unclimbed S side. Their approach via Dassu and the Baskal glacier was chosen for its proximit Read more
Abandoning their original objective of a NE-W traverse, this party made a second ascent of Shani (5,800m) from the Naltar valley. (See also 88/46, AJ94, 278, 1989/90.) Read more
16 British cavers working with 12 Chinese from the Institute of Karst Geology in Guilin split into three groups to explore the Tisu River, possibly the largest underground river in the world; also the Read more