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Nick Kekus and Richard Cox made a bold attempt on Shivling (6,543m). After some Grade V rock climbing, on 22 September they reached the top of the ice field. At 6,100m Cox fell when an anchor failed w Read more
A 12-man party led by Capt. Charles Hookey, with the doctor Lt. Col. Hardie as lead climber. Hardie and Davies succeeded in reaching the hitherto unclimbed summit of KR4 (6,370m) on 8 September and in Read more
AlIen Fyffe and Bob Barton succeeded in their objective-the unclimbed SW Pillar of Bhagirathi III (6,454m). They took 11 days on the climb from the Brown Tower, bivouacking on inadequate ledges for th Read more
A strong four-man team, including Paul Nunn and Al Rouse, reached 6,350m on the NW ridge of the W peak of Ogre 2, but then had to retreat. They investigated the S face in the hope of finding a faster Read more
The team of 4 led by Alex McIntyre established a small advanced camp on the NE Col early in April, 1980, allowing time for exploration and acclimatisation, before tackling the unclimbed E face on 5 Ma Read more