Asia, India—Garhwal, Kamet and Abi Gamin

Publication Year: 1989.

Kamet and Abi Gamin. We established Base Camp at Vasundhara Tal on May 24 and followed the traditional East Kamet Glacier route. We set up six high camps. Govind Joshi, Sanjeev Arora and porter Karma climbed Abi Gamin from Camp V on June 8 and I soloed it on June 10. (Govind Joshi is only 17 years old.) On the 10th, Kämet was climbed by Rattan Singh Bisht, Jagdish Bisht and Lhakpa.

C.S. Pandey, Ramjas Old Students Adventure Association, India