Contents
Everest Golden Jubilee 1953-2003 George Band 3
The G I Finch Controversy of 1921-1924 John B West 9
A New Map of the Everest Area Michael Ward 18
The Location of Camp IX Bradford Washburn 20
Hell to Pay: On Denali's Diamond Ian Parnell 23
The North Face of Siguniang
Paul Ramsden
28
The Seven Pillars of Satling
Martin Moran
33
Climbing in Tenerife
Pat Littlejohn
49
Kyajo Ri, Khumbu Duncan Wilson 52
Citrus Delights Derek Buckle, Robert Durran,
Roy Ruddle & Dave Wilkinson
57
Blind Date on Quitaraju Nick Bullock
73
Revisiting the Nyenchentangla East
Tamotsu Nakamura 81
Nyenang and the Nye Chu
John Town
95
or Transhimalaya of Tibet
Julian Freeman-Attwood
103
Cordillera Jamn Chacua, Peru
Evelio Echevarria
111
A Mountaineer's New Zealand Paul Knott 116
Sailing and Mountaineering on the
Antarctic Peninsula
James Harris
123
The Evolution of Exploration
Ed Douglas
131
Commitment and Bolts in Patagonia
Alan Mullin
139
Men, Mountains and Adventure
Walter Bonatti
143
Elijah Walton: His Life and Work
Elaine Astill
151
Altitude Illness - An Aide Memoire
P A Barry
& A J Pollard
162
Bill Tilman's Flower
Ken Aldred
174
Down and Out in Kathmandu and Bombay Dennis Gray 179
Skye - Sixty Years Ago John Jackson 196
The Pundits Beyond the Pamir Michael Ward 203
Johnnie Lees: A Memoir Denis Greenald 179
One Hundred Years Ago C A Russell 216
AREA NOTES Edited by Jose Luis Bermudez 223
Contributions from:
Antonio Gomez Bohorquez, Lindsay Griffin, Tony Howard, Harish Kapadia, Paul
Knott, Ade Miller, Simon Richardson.
Expedition Reports 2002 Summarised by Bill Ruthven 290
In Memoriam Compiled by Geoffrey Templeman 301