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Mal Duff and Sandy Allan, the climbing pair of a five-man team, attempted the S face of Lhotse Shar in alpine style, reaching 7,100m when Duff was hit on the head by a falling block of ice, suffering Read more
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
Of this four-member party, Hair and Payne made first ascents of the S face direct of Rasac (6,040m) and of the SE face of Rinrijirka (5,810m). Together with the others, ascents were made of three of t Read more
All eight British members of this team from the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards achieved their objective of making the first ascent, by the N ridge, of an unnamed peak of 5,820m in the Rakaposhi range. The Read more
This party conducted botanical fieldwork (distribution of giant groundsel - Dendrosenecio Johnstonii - and regeneration of Phillipia Trinera after burning), collected small mammals and made a census o Read more