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This four-man team included Norman Croucher, the remarkable double-leg amputee. The party, including Croucher, reached 6,900m, but avalanche risk and weather conditions put a stop to further progress. Read more
Eight graduates and four students undertook an extensive survey of the Oksfjordjokulen ice-caps and of the 'Fall-Jokul' (detached glacier cones), in particular their geomorphological impact. The head Read more
This party conducted botanical fieldwork (distribution of giant groundsel - Dendrosenecio Johnstonii - and regeneration of Phillipia Trinera after burning), collected small mammals and made a census o Read more
Most of this large group of 22 succeeded in climbing Nelion of Mt Kenya by the normal route. Some teams did more difficult routes, including the Diamond Couloir and the Ice Window. Others climbed glac Read more
This party succeeded in the first ascent of Amne Machin IX (5,690m), the prominent S ourlier of this range in NW Central China. A thorough exploration of the E side of the 30km-long massif was carried Read more