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Impossible Star on the W Face of Bhagirathi III, 6,454m, currently has 7 aid pitches, but this team hoped to be able to eliminate them, and thus climb the route 'free'. However, to have any hope of ac Read more
Soon after being dropped on Ruth Glacier, the leader of this team developed severe respiratory problems, so he left (with his wife) to seek medical attention. The remaining pair climbed the standard Read more
This proposed traverse was abandoned as a result of the collapse of one member who had to be evacuated from four days out on the ice cap from Sangmileq Fjord. Read more
The two-man British team operating independently under Sandy Allan climbed the S face of Pumori by a steep ice couloir, gaining the crest of the SW ridge just below the summit. Six bivouacs (14-19 Oct Read more
Four members of the Oread Club made the first alpine-style (and first British) ascent of the N ridge of Kharcha Kund (6,612m) in the Gangotri area, descending by the normal W ridge. Useful topos of th Read more