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Four members of the Oread Club made the first alpine-style (and first British) ascent of the N ridge of Kharcha Kund (6,612m) in the Gangotri area, descending by the normal W ridge. Useful topos of th Read more
Bonington and Fotheringham and their four Norwegian partners approached Menlungtse (7,182m), designated in Chinese as Qiao Ge Ru, from Tingri and the north. After inspecting the N side of this magnifi Read more
Eleven British and four French geologist/climbers visited the Bhagirathi and Shivling area of Gangotri, collecting granite samples. The climbers made three unsuccessful attempts on the NW ridge (up to Read more
In a year when nine expeditions were given permits and 13 climbers perished on the mountain, this strong team of prominent British climbers, led by AI Rouse and John Batty, were forced by prolonged an Read more
Eleven members went to the Baltoro area with the scientific objective of ascertaining, using specially designed equipment, whether small blood-vessels are affected by altitude; and with the mountainee Read more