Indus Kohistan. The expedition led by Lieutenant M. W. H. Day of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (England) visited the Siri Dara plateau, some ten miles east of Kalam in Swat State. The area was explored by T. H. Braham in 1962. (A.A.J., 1963, 13:2, pp. 526-7 and Himalayan Journal v. 24, pp. 106-118.) An easy route was found on the left bank of the icefall and six peaks were climbed in the month of August. Some of these may have been first ascents, but on one mountain traces of a recent ascent were found. Two of the peaks were around 19,000 feet high, but there appear to be no summits in the area higher than Falak Ser (19,415 feet). The peak of 20,528 feet reported by the Survey of Pakistan does not exist. The cartography of the area is somewhat confused, but the highest Siri Dara peaks appear to correspond to those marked as Mankial on the existing maps and one of these lies on the Swat-Kandia divide.

Eric Goodwin, Himalayan Chub