Karyolung, Winter Ascent. Another Japanese-Nepalese expedition climbed Karyolung, also by the northeast face, but this was done in the winter. Two Japanese, Akira Yamada and Katsuichi Tanaka, and two Nepalese members, Sherpas Ang Kami and Pemba Tshering, reached the summit on December 24. The leader was Hajime Nagatoshi.

Michael J. Cheney, Himalayan Club, and Elizabeth Hawley