Contents
Valedictory Address Chris Bonington 1
EXPEDITIONS
on Tang Kongma and Drohmo Doug Scott 13
Kangchenjunga: The First Female Ascent Ginette Harrison 18
Courting the Great White Snow God Chris Bonington 23
Through the Eastern Nyenchen Tanglha Charles Clarke 29
Another Pilgrim for Nanga Parbat Alan Hinkes 34
The Dream Trail: Across the Himalaya Vineeta Muni 39
on the Siachen Glacier Harish Kapadia 51
A HIMALAYAN BESTIARY
(Thus spake Reinhold Messner) Audrey Salkeld 69
The Elusive Snowman John Jackson 71
The Yeti Footprints: Myth and Reality Michael Ward 81
ARCTIC DREAMS
Kangerdlugssuaq Phil Bartlett 91
Nocturnes Jim Gregson 97
East of the Weasel David Williams 103
AFRICAN SKIES
The Changing Face of South Africa Stephen Venables 111
Up Above the World Dennis Gray 120
THE GREAT GAME
Exploratory Mountaineering in the David Keaton
Climbing and Kalashnikovs Chris Bedford,
& Gary Hill 136
ISSUES
The Morality of Risk Ed Douglas 149
Traditional Climbing Values: Addenda Ken Wilson 157
CONTROVERSIES
from Zermatt to Alagna Riccardo Cerri 163
Other Annapurnas Sue Harper 170
HISTORIES
The Climb of the Ancient Mariner Bill Whelen 177
John Ruskin, Eugene Viollet-Ie-Duc
and the Alps Cynthia Gamble 185
Exploration and Mapping SE of Everest
in 1954 and 1955 Michael Ward 197
One Hundred Years Ago CA Russell 202
AREA NOTES Edited by Jose Luis Bermudez 210
Contributions from:
Yossi Brain, Antonella Cicogna, Derek Fordham,
Lindsay Griffin, David Hamilton, Paul Horton,
Tony Howard, Harish Kapadia, Paul Knott,
Bill O'Connor, Simon Richardson.
Expedition Reports 1997 Summarised by Bill Ruthven 276
Book Reviews Compiled by Geoffrey Templeman 289
In Memoriam Compiled by Geoffrey Templeman 323
Contributors 360
Index 365
