Disteghil Sar, Attempt and Tragedy. It was reported that two Britons
D isteghil Sar, A ttem pt and Tragedy. It was reported that two Britons and a New Zealander died in an avalanche high on the 25,869-foot Disteghil Sar in August. A Pakistani official in the north ern town o f Gilgit said the climbers, whom he identified as Stephen Thornley, 25, and Andrew Boas, 24, both British, and Christopher Hoare, a New Zealander, had died on August 12 in the Shamshal Valley on the 25,869-foot peak. Three other climbers from the same expedition, all New Zealanders, set off by road from Gilgit for Islamabad after the accident. The six men arrived
in Pakistan in June and told a local new spaper that they aimed to climb Disteghil Sar by a pre viously unattempted route. According to a Pakistani liaison officer, the team left their base camp on July 8 to attempt the climb. They later split into two groups for a final ascent by different routes. One group, which had tried a rocky route to the summit, returned to Cam p Three in bad w eather on August 12. The surviving clim bers, named as Thomas Davies, Dominic Harmond and Peter Marriott, said they had seen their com panions, who were attempting a snow and iceroute, through a long camera lens the same day, but then did not see them again. They climbed back up to Camp II and waited there until August 23, returning to Base Camp on A ugust 26. (R euters)
in Pakistan in June and told a local new spaper that they aimed to climb Disteghil Sar by a pre viously unattempted route. According to a Pakistani liaison officer, the team left their base camp on July 8 to attempt the climb. They later split into two groups for a final ascent by different routes. One group, which had tried a rocky route to the summit, returned to Cam p Three in bad w eather on August 12. The surviving clim bers, named as Thomas Davies, Dominic Harmond and Peter Marriott, said they had seen their com panions, who were attempting a snow and iceroute, through a long camera lens the same day, but then did not see them again. They climbed back up to Camp II and waited there until August 23, returning to Base Camp on A ugust 26. (R euters)
