Himlung Himal. An expedition of the Federation of All Japan Mountaineering Unions, led by Hisachika Zenko, tried to climb Himlung Himal (23,380 feet), which is near the border between Nepal and Tibet, northeast of Annapurna. This seven-man party was on the mountain for 46 days, but they had only five days of fine weather in the whole of that time. On May 13, the Japanese Soga and a Sherpa attempted the final 100-foot ice slope, but owing to the very worst weather possible and a shortage of rope, they at last gave up their attack.

Ichiro Yoshizawa, Japanese Alpine Club