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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
The original aim of the expedition was to dig a tunnel through the glacier to the back wall of the icefall, thus revealing the erosion processes taking place. Despite initially digging at a slightly u Read more
The main undertaking of the expedition was to determine whether the bulges at the base of the icefall were caused by ice moving down the glacier at different rates at different time of the year as had Read more
Anthropology of the Sherpas Read more