Mount Thor, West Face. A Japanese expedition climbed a route on the 4500-foot-high west face of Mount Thor. The face had been attempted by Ronald Sacks, Steve Ampter and Michael Sawicky, who climbed 3400 vertical feet before a storm drove them off. The Japanese Teruji Yonei, Ykio Terashima and Norio Hoshino made the climb between June 13 and July 12. They described the face as being divided by three rock bands. They fixed rope for 450 meters to the second rock band, on which they traversed right for a long way. They then turned upward to the third band. They traversed far to the left on this band to meet the north ridge, which they followed to the summit. The final climb took them eight days. The fourth member, Kazue Kumakura, was drowned in a stream crossing during the return. A photograph showing the route and more details appear in Iwa To Yuki, N° 105 on page 91.