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In a year when nine expeditions were given permits and 13 climbers perished on the mountain, this strong team of prominent British climbers, led by AI Rouse and John Batty, were forced by prolonged an Read more
This two-man team made successful first ascents of 'Crested Peak' (5,560m) from the Buesten Glacier (tributary of the Chogolisa Glacier) and of the SE ridge of 'Raven's Pyramid' (5,300m). This involve Read more
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This party of six, comprising four climbers and two naturalists, travelled overland to Tehran from where they set out for the Elburz mountains, establishing a basecamp near Hazar Chal. Here they made Read more
Travelling between the Karcha Basin, the Ratang Gorge and the Gyundi Valley, this expedition photo-surveyed a previously unmapped area of roughly 400 square miles, made the first ascents of ten peaks, Read more