P 6960 Attempt. P 6960 (22,835 feet) lies between Baintha Brakk (The Ogre) and the Latok Peaks. Our party was Noritoshi Isayama, Yukio Toji and I. We attempted unsuccessfully the south face and southeast ridge, reaching 21,000 feet on August 7. The lower part of the route was up an ice gully and the upper part was a rock ridge. We used EB shoes on very interesting granite. The weather was very bad at the end of July. Our camps were established as follows: Base Camp and Advanced Base on the Uzun Brakk Glacier at 15,100 and 17,050 feet on July 5 and 11, Camp I at 18,700 feet on July 23 and High Camp at 20,000 feet on July 27.

Taihei Kato, Japan