Shri Kailas. A team from Bombay set up Base Camp at 4575 meters in the Thelu Nala on September 18. They established five more camps. On October 6, leader Dr. Hu Silin, Prakash Samant, Cyrus Shroff, Chris De Souza, Pradeep Iyer and Vijay Parekh climbed the southwest face to reach the summit ridge and the top of the peak (6932 meters, 22,742 feet).

Kamal K. Guha, Editor, Himavanta, India