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A team under Mike Stead made an attempt on the spectacular, steeply glaciated S face of Langtang Lirung. This peak was reconnoitred by Tilman in 1949, and was the object of 8 subsequent expeditions (6 Read more
This 4-member, lightweight, alpine-style team, including Doug Scott and Roger Baxter-Jones, made their base camp in late September where the Chago Glacier joins the Barun. Kangchungtse (Makalu II) was Read more
A 12-man team, led by Major Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, attempted a new route on the S face of Api (7,132m) in the pre-monsoon period. Though bedevilled by repeated snowfalls, 2 attempts were made o Read more
Three members of this team successfully accomplished a new route up the NE face of Kongde Shar (6100m), just W of Namche Bazar, which they found difficult enough to be interesting without being desper Read more
A 4-man team led by Paul Cooper, spent a month studying the heavily moraine-covered snout of the Bara Shigri, a source of the River Chandra, making a photographic survey for comparison with previous m Read more