JOINT SERVICES EAST NEPAL EXPEDITION, 1983. 

 -  Glasgow  The Expedition  1984 
 - 1v. (various pagings), illus., maps.  30cm. 
<br/><br/> Summary acl 23210a 
<br/><br/> In 1980 the RN and RM Mountaineering Club (RN & RM MC) sponsored an<br/>expedition to the^Hiraachal Pradesh area of India where a 20000ft peak, Phabrang,<br/>was allocated by the Indian Mountaineering Federation. The expedition was<br/>successful and the peak was climbed from two directions one of which was the<br/>steep and unclimbed west face. This was the Club's first Himalayan venture<br/>and it was always the intention for it to be a prelude to others. Accordingly<br/>planning for a follow-on got underway in I98I with a view to attempting a<br/>25000ft peak in the Hunza' area of the Karakorum in Northern Pakistein. In the<br/>event this did not happen for reasons that will be explained later.<br/>2. Subsequently the RN & RM MC combined with the RAF Mountaineering Association<br/>(RAIMA) to form a Joint Services expedition to a peak in Nepal. The Army<br/>Mountaineering Association was invited to send two members and one was selected.<br/>Unfortunately he had to drop out so sadly there were no soldiers present. The<br/>peak that was allocated by the Nepalese authorities was the North Peak of Manaslu,<br/>25500ft and in am area which is normally remote and hard of access. It had had<br/>no British ascents and possibly a Czech first ascent from the North in 1979«<br/>Reports of a Dutch expedition inwere vague. It was therefore an exciting<br/>challenge to try for a peak about which so little was known emd which seemed<br/>so remote.<br/>5 . This report is about how this challenge was met successfully by what, it<br/>is suggested, was a uniquely harmonious expedition. A presentation was given<br/>at the Royal Geographical Society on 1 Nov 83 which explained visually how<br/>things went. This report therefore will not include full photographic coverage. 
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