Asia, Nepal, Nilgiri North Attempt

Publication Year: 1982.

Nilgiri North Attempt. Seven Frenchmen under the leadership of Bernard Moreau had hoped in the post-monsoon season to climb the Netherlands route on the north face to the west ridge of Nilgiri North (7061 meters, 23,165 feet). They reached 19,300 feet on the face just below the west ridge but ran out of time. It would have taken them seven to ten days more in deep snow and cold.

Michael J. Cheney, Himalayan Club, and Elizabeth Hawley