Khatang Attempt. Australians, John Lamb and Ray Vran, reached a high point of 6100 meters on Khatang (6782 meters, 22,250 feet) in the Rolwaling Himal on December 27. They were hoping to climb a new route, the northwest face. They abandoned the climb because their seven days of food and fuel was running out. They had three camps above Base.

Michael J. Cheney, Himalayan Club, and Elizabeth Hawley