Cerro Kishtwar

A previous attempt to make the first truly alpine-style ascent of this 6,200m peak had failed after 17 days when the team ran out of food. The summit was reached by two of this four-man team in a little over a week by means of a very steep route slanting left to right on the NW face and then crossing the N ridge to reach the summit via the NE face. By the time that they had abseiled to the bottom of the climb, three of their four ice tools had broken. (See article 'The One That Nearly Got Away', pages 48-63.