Bandarpunch. Eight of the 10-member Assam Mountaineering Association team led by Parbati Prasad Gautam and three Sherpas climbed Bandarpunch I (20,720 feet) on September 21. The ascent was a new route from the northeast, made from Camp III at 19,000 feet beyond Sukhi.

Kamal K. Guha, Himalayan Club