Rakaposhi Attempt. A Slovene expedition led by Janez Skok headed in June for the Garhwal Himalaya through Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan up to the Indian frontier, where they were halted because the Panjab was closed. They waited for ten days in Islamabad for visas but in vain. They then asked the Pakistanis for permission for Rakaposhi. They received it in another twenty days and headed for Rakaposhi’s north face to try a new route. From a 10,000-foot Base Camp, they worked out a route up 2500 feet on a difficult and dangerous glacier. They fixed rope up a 2000-foot-high rock band. On a second attempt, Igor Herzog slipped on steep ice, was severely hurt and had to be helicoptered out. They called the expedition off. The other members were Ines Božic, Zvonec, Erika Gregorka, and Rck Kovac.

Franci Savenc, Planinska zveza Slovenije, Yugoslavia