Traverse completed
NZPA Rawalpindi A five-member New Zea-’ land expedition has successfully completed a 5000 km traverse of the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in 265 days. The trek began from Sikkim on February 18 and ended last Monday at Dassu, Baltistan (Pakistan). The team leader, Graeme Dingle, said at the week-end that the journey had taken the expedition from the world’s third-highest peak, Kanchenjunga (28,208 ft in
India to the second highest peak; K-2 (28,250 ft in Pakistan. The team crossed about 100 high passes ranging between 12,000 ft, and 20,500 ft traversing close to the highest peaks in the world, including Mount Everest. Other . members of the expedition were Peter Hillary, Doug Wilson, COrring Gage, and Ann Louis Mitcalfe. They left for New Delhi yesterday on their way home..
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Press, 16 November 1981, Page 1
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