Nilgiri South and Annapurna Attempts. An expedition composed of five Japanese, four Slovaks and a Frenchman was led by Shunji Takegawa. They tried the east ridge from the north on Nilgiri South and the Dutch route on the north face of Annapurna. On October 2 Takao Kurosawa and Yuwa Yamazaki got to 6000 meters on Nilgiri South and on October 23 Yamazaki and Yoshikatsu Kumagai got to 6000 meters on Annapurna. They were defeated on Nilgiri South by big séracs and on Annapurna by very hard ice and one huge sérac avalanche.

Michael J. Cheney, Himalayan Club, and Elizabeth Hawley