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This 7-man team was led by Steven Berry, whose father had made an early attempt on the E ridge of Nun, including (in the International Year of the Disabled) the indomitable Norman Croucher, who has tw Read more
A 12-man party led by Capt. Charles Hookey, with the doctor Lt. Col. Hardie as lead climber. Hardie and Davies succeeded in reaching the hitherto unclimbed summit of KR4 (6,370m) on 8 September and in Read more
This 4-member, lightweight, alpine-style team, including Doug Scott and Roger Baxter-Jones, made their base camp in late September where the Chago Glacier joins the Barun. Kangchuntse (Makalu II) was Read more
Eight ladies from the Pinnacle Club led by Sheila Cormack spent a month making an intensive exploration of the peaks surrounding the head of the Gumba Nullah, a branch of the Miyar Nullah which joins Read more
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 dete Read more