Sickle Moon Attempt, Kishtwar Himal. The five-man Tokyo Agricultural University Expedition, led by Hiroshi Yamamoto, had Sickle Moon (21,568 feet) as its objective. They were turned back by a rock peak with a 1650-foot blue-ice slope and returned from the plateau at 18,000 feet.

ICHIRO YOSHIZAWA, A.A.C. and Japanese Alpine Club