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A period of five weeks was spent exploring caves in Sichuan Province, central China. Near the town of Xin Long they surveyed a cave that proved to have a depth of 931m and is hence the deepest known c Read more
A very strong team of British and Indian climbers linked up to explore and climb in the rarely visited Kinnaur-Kailash range. The first ascent of Rangrik Rang (6,553m) was achieved, together with the Read more
Though balked of their main objective, Kishtwar Kailash, by the loss of their high-altitude food, two members of this four-man party made a successful ascent of Sentinel Peak (5,900m), while the other Read more
This expedition, involving 70 scientists from China, Pakistan and the UK, carried out 3 months of seismic, glaciological, geomorphological and other field studies in the Karakoram area, including a st Read more
With many of the members having been passed over for the major expeditions of the early 1950s, the YRC elected to put together their own expedition to the Himalaya. Based on the report of the 1955 Lad Read more