Northern Khwaja Muhammed Range. The Carinthian Hindu Kush expedition consisted of Karl Gritzner, Winfried Pretterebner, Werner Unterlass and Erhard Winkler. After an overland trip to Kabul, they continued over the Salang Pass to Qunduz and Kesem. On August 3 they marched up the Kesem valley (Mashad valley) at the very head of which they made first ascents, all of which can be identified on the advance copy of map 223 D III (1:50,000). They climbed P 4850 (15,912 feet), P 5100 (16,733 feet), P 5140 (16,864 feet), P 5350 (17,553 feet; climbed twice), P 5250 (17,225 feet), P 5250 (17,225 feet), P 5435 (17,831 feet) and P 5578 (18,300 feet). Herr Pretterebner stated that the peaks in a western side valley would have been more worth while and that the now mostly climbed mountains in the southern part of the range are more attractive. This was the first climbing group in the northern part of the Khwaja Muhammad Range and they did a valuable reconnaissance to the very end of an unexplored valley.

Adolf Diemberger, Österreichischer Alpenklub