U .SSR British Soviet Pamirs Expedition . The British members of our
U .S.S .R . B ritish S o v iet P am irs E x p e d it io n . T h e B ritish members o f our party were Sir Jo h n H unt, lead er; D r. M alcolm Slesser, deputy lead er; G eorge Lowe, W ilfr id
Noyce,
Ralph Jones,
D erek
B u ll,
Ian
M cN au ght-D avis, T ed
W rangham , D r. G raem e N icol, Jo e Brow n, K en Bryan and Robin Sm ith. T h e Russian clim bers were A natoli O vchinnikov, lead er; Eugene G ippenreiter, Sevastianov, Shalaev, M alakov and A lkhutov. Our operations were based on the Garm o, V avivola and Belaev glaciers and our clim bs were (1 )
P ic Garm o (2 1 ,8 3 0 fe e t) by Sm ith, Noyce, O vchinnikov and Sevas
tianov on Ju ly 24 by the west ridge. W rangham and B u ll reached approxi mately 2 0 ,0 0 0 feet on the west ridge befo re having to turn back. N oyce and Sm ith were killed on the way dow n; ( 2 ) P ic Patriot (2 0 ,6 0 0 fe e t) on which M cN aught-D avis, Slesser, Brow n and Bryan reached the top camp at approxim ately 1 9 ,0 0 0 feet, from which two Russians, M alakhov and A lkhutov, w ent on to the summ it on July 25. T h is was a new ascent on the west rid ge;
(3 )
Pic Concord
(1 8 ,8 7 8 fe e t ) , the first ascent o f
which was made on July 21 by H unt, Shalaev, Jones, N ico l and G ippenreiter. T h e clim b was made by the west ridge. T h e name awaits approval by the M ountaineering Federation o f the U .S .S .R . ; and ( 4 )
P ic Com
munism (2 4 ,4 9 5 fe e t) by O vchinnikov, Slesser, Brow n, M cN aught-D avis, N ico l, M alakov, A lkhutov and G ippenreiter on the south face and east ridge. (T h is was previously known as Pic Stalin.— E d ito r .) J ohn H u n t
Noyce,
Ralph Jones,
D erek
B u ll,
Ian
M cN au ght-D avis, T ed
W rangham , D r. G raem e N icol, Jo e Brow n, K en Bryan and Robin Sm ith. T h e Russian clim bers were A natoli O vchinnikov, lead er; Eugene G ippenreiter, Sevastianov, Shalaev, M alakov and A lkhutov. Our operations were based on the Garm o, V avivola and Belaev glaciers and our clim bs were (1 )
P ic Garm o (2 1 ,8 3 0 fe e t) by Sm ith, Noyce, O vchinnikov and Sevas
tianov on Ju ly 24 by the west ridge. W rangham and B u ll reached approxi mately 2 0 ,0 0 0 feet on the west ridge befo re having to turn back. N oyce and Sm ith were killed on the way dow n; ( 2 ) P ic Patriot (2 0 ,6 0 0 fe e t) on which M cN aught-D avis, Slesser, Brow n and Bryan reached the top camp at approxim ately 1 9 ,0 0 0 feet, from which two Russians, M alakhov and A lkhutov, w ent on to the summ it on July 25. T h is was a new ascent on the west rid ge;
(3 )
Pic Concord
(1 8 ,8 7 8 fe e t ) , the first ascent o f
which was made on July 21 by H unt, Shalaev, Jones, N ico l and G ippenreiter. T h e clim b was made by the west ridge. T h e name awaits approval by the M ountaineering Federation o f the U .S .S .R . ; and ( 4 )
P ic Com
munism (2 4 ,4 9 5 fe e t) by O vchinnikov, Slesser, Brow n, M cN aught-D avis, N ico l, M alakov, A lkhutov and G ippenreiter on the south face and east ridge. (T h is was previously known as Pic Stalin.— E d ito r .) J ohn H u n t
