Annapurna IV. A guided expedition led by Austrian Adolf Weissensteiner had eight Swiss, five Austrians, one German and one Frenchman. After establishing three camps on the northwest ridge, on October 7 Austrian Franz Brei- tenbauer, Swiss Anton Karl Spring, Ueli Stahel and Pierre André Levet and Sherpa Pa Nima reached the summit (7525 meters, 24,688 feet).

Kamal K. Guha, Himalayan Club