Hindu Kush—Afghanistan

Hindu Kush— Afghanistan Koh-i-M orsurq and Other Peaks, Suigal. The members of the party were R.D. Barton, I.A. N apier, D .G . Peers, D. Robinson, J.G . Tyler and I. [.Editor’s note: All were first ascents except for those m arked *, which indicates a new route, or m arked **, which indicates a previously climbed peak. N early all peaks appear on F rey’s map. N ote the differ­ ence in altitude given by Bolton for K oh-i-M orsurq (6075 meters or 19,931 feet), w hich is m uch lower than F rey ’s (6435 meters or 21,112 feet).] Ascents m ade south of the Suigal: P 5386** (17,670 feet) on A ugust 14 via west ridge by Barton, Tyler; Traverse south over P 4700 (15,420 feet), P 4900 (16,076 feet), P 5100 (16,733 feet) to P 5269 (17,287 feet) on August 14 by Robinson, Bolton; P 5050 (16,568 feet) and P 5000 (16,404 feet; both between P 5269 and P 5248) and P 5300 (17,389 feet; between P 5269 and P 5385) on A ugust 15 by Robinson, Bolton; P 5014 (16,450 feet) via southwest ridge on A ugust 14 by N apier, Peers; P 5200 (17,061 feet) via south gully and P 5500 (18,045 feet) via east ridge on August 15 by N apier, Piers (both between P 5014 and Koh-i-Askival) ; P 4257** (13,967 feet) on August 17 by Robinson; Koh-i-Askival* (19,259 feet) via east ridge on August 18 and 19 by Barton, Tyler; P 5600 (18,373 feet) via east-west traverse on August 18 by N apier, Peers (2 kms south of K oh-i-A skival); P 5800* (19,029 feet) via west-east tra ­ verse on A ugust 19 by N apier, Peers (4 kms southwest of Koh-i-Askival) ; P 4860 (15,912 feet) via north ridge on August 22 Bolton (1st peak north of P 5000 m entioned above); P 5400 (17,717 feet) via west face on A ugust 24 by Barton, Tyler (2 kms northeast of Koh-i-A inshval) ; P 5580 (18,307 feet) via north ridge on August 25 by Barton, Tyler (northw est of K oh-i-Ainshval ); P 5850 (19,193 feet) via north ridge on August 26 by Barton, Tyler (northw est of K oh-i-A inshval ); K oh-i-M orsurq** (19,931 feet) via northeast face on August 26 by Robinson, Bol­ ton; Koh-i-Ainshval (18,455 feet) via northeast face and traverse north over P 5500 (18,045 feet) and P 5300 (17,389 feet) on August 28 by Bolton; P 4500 (14,764 feet) on A ugust 29 by Robinson (3 kms east of K oh-i-A inshval); P 5350 (17,553 feet) via north face on Septem ber 1 by Barton, Tyler (1 km west of P 5 386); P 4300 (14,108 feet) and P 4500 (14,764 feet) on Septem ber 2 by Bolton (4th and 3rd peaks north of P 5000); P 5248 (17,219 feet) via east ridge and traverse east of P 5050 (16,568 feet), P 5100 (16,733 feet), P 5000 (16,404 feet) and P 4600 ( 15,092 feet) on Septem ber 3 by Bolton. Ascents m ade northw est of the Suigal: Koh-i-Shoshgal ** (15,863 feet) on August 9 via north face by Peers, Robinson; P 5200 (17,061 feet) via west ridge on August 24 by Robinson, Bolton (on a line between Koh-i-Shoshgal and K oh-i-A insh­ v al); P 5150* (16,897 feet) via east ridge on August 24 by N apier, Peers (between Divar-i-Saf and Surak-i-Sard) ; P 5699 ( 18,698 feet; this lies just to the west) on Septem ber 1 by Robinson, N apier; P 5600* ( 18,273 feet) via north ridge on Septem ber 5 by Tyler ( 1½ kms south of Koh-i-

C h rebek); P 5650 (18,537 feet) via east face on September 6 by Barton ( 1½ kms southwest of K oh-i-C hrebek). A . Jam es Bolton,

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* All these peaks may be located on Wolfgang Frey’s excellent map. P 5048 lies 8 kms east of Koh-i-Parshui; P 5010, 11 kms east of Koh-i-Tundy Shagai Sha; P 5412, 8 kms northeast of Koh-i-Tundy Shagai Sha; P 5228, 3 kms east of Koh-i-Parshui; P 5216, 5 kms east of Koh-i-Tundy Shagai Sha; P 5070, 12 kms northeast of Koh-i-Tundy Shagai Sha; P 5585, just north of Kotal Parshui. The “Shark's Teeth” have no altitudes on Frey’s map.