Nice article. One quibble with the caption to the opening pic - Lagangarbh is the white building in the midground and the picture is likely taken from the Devil's Staircase.
Nice. One thing you don't mention is that your two 'nasties', Hastone and Whillans, shared a very notable achievement, the South Face of Annapurna. Not sure how well they got on—Bonington's book is a little reticent on this.
And it produced this memorable radio exchange:
Bonington: Did you manage to get out today?
Haston: Aye, we've just climbed Annapurna.
A very successful expedition marred by the death of Ian Clough very near the end.
Well I try to keep these reasonably short! Though I'd quibble with ASF as a Haston/Whillans achievement - they were just the summit pair. A very successful Bonington expedition with, surprisingly, only one fatality.
c'est la vie...
Nice article. One quibble with the caption to the opening pic - Lagangarbh is the white building in the midground and the picture is likely taken from the Devil's Staircase.
Yes it is (to both)
It was a good article, thank you.
These men of Kohinur were great men who made the history of mountaineering in the world. Their courage should be praised.
Nice. One thing you don't mention is that your two 'nasties', Hastone and Whillans, shared a very notable achievement, the South Face of Annapurna. Not sure how well they got on—Bonington's book is a little reticent on this.
And it produced this memorable radio exchange:
Bonington: Did you manage to get out today?
Haston: Aye, we've just climbed Annapurna.
A very successful expedition marred by the death of Ian Clough very near the end.
Well I try to keep these reasonably short! Though I'd quibble with ASF as a Haston/Whillans achievement - they were just the summit pair. A very successful Bonington expedition with, surprisingly, only one fatality.