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Heat, illness and arguments with porters dogged Doug Scott's plans for ascents of Rakaposhi N face and Nanga Parbat from the S. Nonetheless, members of his mixed party did climb Diran (7,273m), and th Read more
This six-member team intended to traverse the Biafo and Hispar Glaciers, to make the first ascent of Snow Lake Peak, and to reconnoitre the SE ridge of Trivor. They achieved none of these objectives: Read more
Basing themselves in the Teleki Valley, this undergraduate team from Girton College, discovering that there were no melt-water streams on the Lewis Glacier, altered their objective to the channel morp Read more
A team led by Peter Holmes did valuable ornithological work on the Hygam Rakh wetland area and along the Sum river, ringing a total of 3,897 birds of 77 species. They also made a study of the breeding Read more
A team of four science students led by Michael Elias, graduate in neurobiology, followed, in monsoon conditions, the conventional trek round Annapurna, with an interesting month's detour and stay in t Read more