Asia, India, Kashmir and Jammu, Nun

Publication Year: 1978.

Nun. After an eight-man West German team led by Ekkehart Rubel failed at 19,700 feet due to inclement weather, the Swiss Sylvain Saudan brought a six-person team to Nun at the end of May. Not until June 20 did they set up Camp I at 19,000 feet. After an unsuccessful attempt, on June 26 the final assault commenced from Camp I. Along with his fiancée Mlle Marie Jose Valancot, the American photographer Del Mulkey and his cousin Eric Poumallou, Saudan reached the summit at three P.M. He skied down a gradient of 50° and reached Base Camp at seven P.M.

Kamal K. Guha, Himalayan Club