SECOND HIGHEST PEAK
AMERICAN ALPINE EXPEDITION SEARCHING FOR POSSIBLE ROUTE Prww Association— By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 18. Copyright messages received by ‘ The Times ’ from the American Alpine Club’s Kakakoram expedition, which is attempting to find a possible route to the summit of Mount God win- Austen, the second highest point on the globe, show that it left Srinagar, crossed the Himalayan chain over Zojila, reached Kargil, and later Slkardu.. It expects to establish a base camp below Mount Godwin-Austen shortly. The party consists of six Americans, all noted climbers, and is led by Charles Houston, a member of the expedition which climbed Nanda Devi Peak, the highest summit yet reached in the Himalayas. [Mount Godwin-Austen, of an altitude of 28,265 ft, is the highest known summit in the world except Mount Everest. It was named in 1888 by the Royal Geographical Society in honour of Colonel Godwin-Austen, the first explorer of the mountains in this region of the Himalayas. Nanda Devi Peak, which is mentioned in the cable message, is of an altitude of 25,660 ft. The altitude of Mount Everest is 29,002ft.]
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Evening Star, Issue 22988, 20 June 1938, Page 9
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183SECOND HIGHEST PEAK Evening Star, Issue 22988, 20 June 1938, Page 9
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