ALPINISTS’ FEAT
CLIMBED TO 24,300 FT. PEAK DEFIES ATTACK LONDON, July 14. The Times’ New Delhi correspondent says that the Waller-Carslaw party abandoned, when 900 ft. from the summit, an attempt to scale Peak 36, reaching a height of 25,400 ft., in the Baltorc Range of the Karakbrum mountains. Colossal cliffs of ice defended the peak, which is accessible only by a ridge on the east face leading! to the glacier. The party adopted rush tactics, but were unable to proceed because of bad weather, coupled with the failure of the aneroid barometers, which deceived them regarding the height of the final camp. Mr. Waller expressed the opinion that any party possessing his information could easily climb the peak ill fine weather. The Karakorum range contains some of the highest summits in the world. It extends south-east for over 400 miles from the Pamir', to the Himalayas, across the north-west portion of Kashmir, and connects the Himalayas with the Hindu Kush. The highest point is peak K2, 28,250 ft.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18759, 16 July 1935, Page 5
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