Asia, Nepal, Nilgiri South Attempt

Publication Year: 1982.

Nilgiri South Attempt. A six-man Japanese expedition, led by Motoro Iwasaki, had hoped to make an alpine-style ascent of Nilgiri South by a new route, the south face in the pre-monsoon period, but failed at 18,800 feet because of deep snow.

Michael J. Cheney, Himalayan Club, and Elizabeth Hawley