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Roger Mear and S. Bell succeeded in making the 1st traverse of Pt 11300, above the Ruth Glacier, taking 1½ days to climb the SW ridge 'which had taken the Japanese 1st attempt nearly a month, and desc Read more
A 12-man team carried out various glaciological projects on the Matanuska Glacier as well as recording flora and fauna. The 4 days devoted to mountaineering yielded 4 unclimbed peaks of the order of 2 Read more
Timothy Leach and Nicholas Colton succeeded in 2 of their 3 objectives: the 1st ascents of the striking N pillar of Rooster Comb (a 'Scottish' type climb) and of the 1,200m W face of Mt Huntington (mo Read more
Milward and Young spent 42 days on the Ruth Glacier, of which only 7 provided climbable weather. Their objective of a 1st ascent of the E ridges of Mts Johnson and Bradley was defeated by bad weather. Read more
12 climbers led by Alistair McQuoid of Queen's University, Belfast, successfully tackled 6 minor peaks (5,500-6,000m) in the Peruvian Cordillera Blanca, including some routes thought to be new, in par Read more