SECOND HIGHEST PEAK
ATTEMPT TO SCALE PARTY OF AMERICANS Times Cable LONDON, June 17 The Times publishes a copyright message from the American Alpine Club's Karakoram expedition of 1938, which is attempting to find a possible route to the summit of Mount GodwinAusten, the second highest point on the globe. This states that the party left Srinagar and crossed the Himalayan chain over the pass of Zoji-la. It reached the Kargil oasis and later the town of Ska.'do, and is expected to set up 'a settled base camp below Mount Godwin-Austen in the middle of June. The party consists of six Americans, all noted climbers, led by Mr. Charles Houston, who was a member of the expedition which climbed Mount Nandadevi, the highest summit yet reached.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23068, 20 June 1938, Page 11
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126SECOND HIGHEST PEAK New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23068, 20 June 1938, Page 11
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