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The object of the 15-member team from the 47th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, was to explore the remoter parts of the upper Karnali valley in NE Nepal. In fact they walked from Pokhara by way of Jum Read more
From a camp at 6,600m on the W ridge of Menlungtse, Bonington and two members of his team retreated from the foot of the headwall. After reconnoitring the E ridge, Fanshawe and Hinkes reverted to the Read more
After making first British ascent of Mt Forel by the S ridge (used by Roche in /938), this four-man team continued into the largely unexplored country of Schweizerland by the Franche Comte Glacier. On Read more
Simpson and Yates succeeded in their objective of an alpine-style ascent of the unclimbed (1,250m high) W face of Siula Grande (6,356m). During their descent of the N ridge first one, then the other, Read more
This four-man party had as its objective the fIrst ascent of the E buttress of the Central Peak of Meru in the Gangotri area. After establishing a high camp on the Meru Shivling Col, they pushed on to Read more