Upernivik Island, West Greenland. The expedition of the Lidau Section of the German Alpine Club was a complete success. We climbed from August 9 to 27 in the mountains of Upernivik Island at 72° N. We were Volker Stelzer, Klaus, Gustav and Susi Harder, Joe and Waltraut Eggert, Grit Doleschel, Wolfgang Ruhland, Werner Scharl, Otto Schäfler, Franz Neubauer, Willi Eggert, Rolf Haas, Thomas Hummler, Dieter Trapmann and I as leader. We made 18 ascents, including three new routes and one first ascent. The new routes were as follows: “Eisschaufel” (Snow Shovel; 1820 meters or 5971 feet) via east ridge by Haas, Schäfler and via north face by Scharl, Ruhland and “Piacco” (2040 meters or 6693 feet) via northeast face by J. Eggert, Hagg, Stelzer. The first ascent was Cathedral on Qioqe (1920 meters or 6300 feet) via west face by Ruhland, Schäfler, Haas, Scharl.

Heinz Hagg, Deutscher Alpenverein