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Unusually bad weather prevented this four-man team from achieving their objective of a first ascent of the NE face of 20th October Peak (4,167m). Instead they climbed the N face of Ak-Ayuk (3,770m), B Read more
This six-man party failed to reach its first objective: the unclimbed summit of Hagshu (6,330m): but two members succeeded in reaching one of the summits of Chiring. Read more
Parties from this team of 18 British police and, as it turned out, one Indian policeman succeeded in the first British ascents of Jogin I (6,465 m) and Jogin III (6,342m) in the Gangotri area. Bad wea Read more
Eleven members went to the Baltoro area with the scientific objective of ascertaining, using specially designed equipment, whether small blood-vessels are affected by altitude; and with the mountainee Read more
From a Base Camp near the snout of the Kurdopin Glacier, an unnamed peak of 5,800m was climbed, believed to be a first ascent. Exploration of the Virjerab Glacier area revealed other peaks believed un Read more