Putha Hiunchuli. An eight-man joint Japanese-Nepalese expedition led by Kaneo Nakamura climbed Putha Hiunchuli by the south ridge to the south face, the standard route. On October 4 the summit was reached by Akira Mizutani, Yoshinori Nakajima, Pasang Gyalgen and Kami Rinzi. It took nine hours to climb from Camp III at 6900 meters to the 7246-meter (23,774-foot) summit.

Michael J. Cheney, Himalayan Club, and Elizabeth Hawley