Asia, India—Kashmir and Ladakh, Nun

Publication Year: 1979.

Nun. Eighteen of a 27-man team of the Indian Border Security Force, led by Lieutenant Colonel Prithipal Singh Cheema reached the top of Nun (23,410 feet) in two waves on June 25 and 27 via the north ridge. Six of them skied down the northeast face from 23,000 feet.

Kamal K. Guha, Himalayan Club