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The British Mount Kongur Expedition, organised by the MEF and sponsored by Jardine Matheson, has been fully reported elsewhere. The main summit (7,719m) was reached on 12 July 1981 by Chris Bonington, Read more
Led by Major Henry Day (RE) with his Deputy Major Philip Neame (Parachute Regt), this team of 9 British and 4 Chinese aimed to explore the N part of the Daxue Shan. Having been pre-empted by the Japan Read more
St Andrew's University took part in a Sino-British expedition (11 Chinese, 5 British) led jointly by Prof Feng Guomei (of the Kunming Institute of Botany) and Prof R. J. Mitchell, Curator of the Botan Read more
The New Zealand Alpine Club Expedition to Molamenquin (7,703m) - led by Austin Brooke achieved the first ascent of this mountain, which is located near Xixabangma (Gosainthart). The ascent was not tec Read more
A 4-man team under Keith Myhill, had as its objective a new route on the SE face of Mt Dickey, but their attempt on a grey pillar on the S wall was defeated, after a determined effort, by prolonged ba Read more