Asia, Pakistan, Apsarasas

Publication Year: 1981.

Apsarasas. The highest point of Apsarasas (7131 meters, 23,396 feet) * was gained on September 18 by two groups of an Indian Army team led by Brigadier K.N. Thadani. Seven members reached the summit at eleven A.M. and eight at 6:15 P.M. despite bad weather. From Leh in Ladakh they had traversed the Siachen Glacier. Advanced Base was set up at the junction of the Teram Shehr, Lolofond and Siachen Glaciers.

Kamal K. Guha, Himalayan Club

* The altitude is usually given as 7245 meters or 23,770 feet. It is surprising that an Indian Army force should have crossed the Cease-Fire Line and entered into what is generally held to be Pakistan, although the Indians would dispute this.—Editor.