Kamet East, Kamet West: The Kumaoni ExpeditionReport on 1983 expedition to Kamet mountain in Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh, by the members of the Kumaon Regiment. |
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26 June Abi Gamin ahead Alaknanda ascent bad weather Badrinath Bakshi Balwan Base Camp Bharat Singh camera Camp III Capt chopper clear climbers climbing Kamet clouds cold crampons crevasse Dalal Dan Singh decided descended Eastern expedition Face of Kamet feet ferry film finally fixed rope Ganga Gautam Ghastoli gully hanging glacier high mountains higher camps Himalayan ice slope Indian Joshimath jumar June Kabiraj Kalanka Kanchenjunga Kapil karabiners Kathpalia kilometres Kumaon Regimental Kumaon Regimental Centre Kumar Laxman loads looked Mana Peak Maon Maon's Meade's moraine morning Mukut Parbat Nanda Devi night North-West Face NW Face Parbat party peaks pitons porters Prayag Rajendra Rajpal Ranikhet reached Camp recce rock face rockwall rockwall-2 rucksack Sambial seemed Singh and Lakpa skies sleeping bags snow steep summit of Kamet Suraj tent Thapa Thapa's team took Trisul turned West Ridge Western Axis Western Team wind