Langtang Lirung. Our nine-man expedition climbed Langtang Lirung by its southeast ridge. We made the following camps: Base Camp at 14,100 feet on March 24, and Camps I, II, III and IV at 16,075, 18,375, 20,000 and 21,650 feet on March 27, April 8, 18 and 24 respectively. The first pair to reach the summit (7246 meters, 23,775 feet) was Hajime Abe and Sherpa Ang Phuri Lama on April 26. The second summit group got to the top on April 28. They were Yasutoshi Kimura, Haroda Tomo- aki and Mikio Arai. The route’s most difficult part was a mixed rock-and-snow face between Camps II and III. We had good weather on every day.

Toshiyuki Yoshida, Gumma Workers’ Alpine Federation, Japan