Kirat Chuli Attempt. A joint British-Nepalese Army expedition was led

K irat C huli A ttem pt. A jo in t B ritish-N epalese Army expedition was led by M ajor M ichael K efford and M ajor G a u ra v S .J.B . R ana. Snow storm s depositing much new snow and later strong w inds defeated their attem pt to scale N epal Peak via its south ridge and then continue on to K irat Chuli (Tent Peak). K e­ fford, Kit Spencer and N igel W illiam s reached a high point o f 6735 m eters on N epal P eak’s south ridge on O ctober 15. This was the first attem pt on Nepal Peak since the 1939 G erm an-Sw iss attem pt from Sikkim . M

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