Nanda Devi 1980: In Pursuit of AdventureOn the 1980 Sapper Expedition to Nanda Devi, mountain in Kumaun Himalayas by a team from the Corps of Engineers. |
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already altitude sickness Bahuguna Base Camp bharals Bhimwal blizzard CAMP FOUR Camp III Capt Changabang Chibber climbers crampon Dangwal deputy leader Dharansi pass Dharmanand Dubrugetha equipment evacuation Everest F.S. Smythe felt ferry parties fixed rope frostbite Gen S.N. Sharma glacier Harshmani Harshmani and Sharma height helipad high altitude porters high altitude sickness Himalayas Indian Air Force Indian Mountaineering Foundation Institute of Mountaineering Jai Bahuguna Jogin Joshimath juice jumar June Kalikona Kami Kanchenjunga Lakpa load Lohumi Lohumi and Bhatt Lt Gen S.N. metres Mingma Mohan moraine morning move Nanda Devi East Nehru Institute night Nun Kun oxygen Paramjit Singh Pathal Khan peak Phu Dorji pitons Ramni reached Camp rest rockface Roorkee route opening rucksack Sanctuary Sapper Sapper Adventure Foundation Sarson Patal sherpas sleeping bags slope snow Sooch steep summit attempt tent Today took Trisul Uttarkashi V.K. Bhatt weather wind wireless Yadav