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Kishtwar Himalaya-Sickle Moon (6639m)

A 7-man Cumbrian team under Ron Rutland attempted an untried line on the steep ice-face leading directly to the summit. From a bivouac at 5,200m, grade IV/V ice pitches were overcome, but rapidly deteriorating weather forced a retreat at 5,800m after a night spent in deep new snow.

1979
Ron Rutland, Linda Rutland, Peter Melling, J. Richard Toon, British and Tom Henderson, American

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