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Leaving from Falmouth in early June, the whole party, save for Quinteros, sailed, via the canaries to Montevideo in a journey of 64 days and some 4600 miles. Before leaving for their chosen starting p Read more
An unusually heavy covering of snow on the Gangotri glacier made the approach to the W face of Chaukhamba I, 7,138m, easier than anticipated. However, the difficulties started at the head of the valle Read more
This team hoped to make an alpine-style ascent of the unclimbed N Ridge of Sangemarmar (6,949m) in the Batura Mustagh: the peak's only official ascent was by a Japanese team in 1984, via the SW Ridge. Read more
In an expedition which set out to investigate the valleys around the Kulu-Spiti watershed, the party succeeded in making ascents of Guan Nelda and an unnamed peak c. 20,050 ft which formed part of a r Read more
This team hoped to find a good range of sub-6000m peaks accessible from the Baltar Glacier and its subsidiaries, and make first ascents of them. They explored the North-West and East Bar Glaciers, but Read more