Author(s): Graeme Dingle

Tramping & Mountaineering | Secondhand

At the time of the New Zealand attempt on its north face in late 1975, Jannu had been climbed only twice, in both cases by its southern route. The New Zealand Expedition's goal was the top by way of the bitterly cold northern exposure, a first Himalayan north face ascent - a route that on Jannu includes 10,000 vertical feet of rock buttresses and ice bulges

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