Shivling, West Ridge and Northeast Face. Boštjan ... AWS

Shivling, W est Ridge a n d N ortheast F ace. B oštjan K ekec, R upar U roš , D am jan V idm ar, A co Pepelnik and I got to Base C am p at T apovan on Septem ber 3, but on the 7th I left for New D elhi. I returned with food on Septem ber 13. M eanw hile U roš and Kekec had clim bed the w est ridge o f Shivling. Pepelnik, V idm ar and I started up the northeast face o f Shivling on Septem ber 17. It took us three days to clim b the low er part o f the face, first rock and then m ixed clim bing. On the fourth day it was m ostly snow and ice. W e got to the Scott ridge on the fifth day. The sixth bivouac w as in the séracs

ju st below the sum m it. W e reached the sum m it on the m orning o f Septem ber 23 and w ere back in Base C am p that night. The greatest difficulties were in the low er half o f the low er w all and near the top o f Shivling. D a n il o T ič , A lpinistični O dsek Im pol, Yugoslavia