Nanga Parbat. Two men were lost and the third suffered frost bite ...

N anga Parbat. Two men were lost and the third suffered frost­ bite during an abortive attempt by three Englishmen to climb Nanga Parbat in December 1950. Full details are lacking, but T he L istener quotes the survivor, Richard Marsh, as stating, “The tem­ perature hovered around the zero mark, and after a week I was suffering from frostbite and had to return to base camp. I left my two companions at 16,000 feet. They said they were going to see how far they could go without taking any big risks … On De­ cember 1 I watched them pitching their tent at a height of about

18,000 feet … Then a blizzard came down, and when it cleared there was no sign of the tent …"