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ARMY MOUNTAINEER
THE JOURNAL OF
THE ARMY MOUNTAINEERING ASSOCIATION
SUMMER 1994
Winter 1994 edition
Please send your contributions for the Winter 1994/95 edition to the editor by the end of October 1994. Photographs and slides (which will be returned) should be accompa­ nied by a suitable caption.
Sketches, maps and cartoons are also wel­ comed and article subjects can be off- beat as well as main stream climbing / mountaineering.
ARMY MOUNTAINEERING ASSOCIATION
A P P O IN T M E N T S
President: Li Col (Retd) HRA Streather OBE Vice Presidents: MrCJS Bonnington CBE
Maj(Retd.) AJ Muston MBE
OFFICERS OF THE COMMITTEE
Chairman: Maj Gen B Dutton. CBE
Vice-Chairman: Col C Field. QGM. RLC. Longtown Mil. 2241. («encrai Secretary : Major R Holt PARA., S02 JPS HQ UKLF, Wilton. Salisbury.Wilts.. SP2 DAG
Membership Secretary: Mrs A Carter, Aimy Mountaineering Association, A.S.C.B., Clayton Barracks, Aldershot. Hants.. GUI I 2BG.
Expeditions Advisor: Capt W J Manners RE, Joint ServiceMountain Training Centre, Old Town Hall, Ballachulish, ArgiyDshire.
Meets Co-ordinator:Maj P Rigg AGC., S02 Ed/Trg.. HQ ETS UK4F., Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wilts.
Editor Journal: Capt NRM Hawthorn RLC, Adjutant, 3 CS, Regt.. RLC, Dalton Barracks, Abingdon.Wilts.
From Sept I 1994: Capt Paul Fish RLC, 23 Pnr Regt. RLC, St David’s Barracks, Bicester.
Editor Newsletter: Mr I Drew. Log 1S3Î2, DLoglS(A), Graven Hill, Block 8, Room 103,Bicester,Oxon.
Public Relations Officer : Capt AE Richards. 104 Sandmere Road, Clapham,London, SW4 7QH
Sport Climbing Rep: Lt PJ Edwards, RLC Co-ordinator Climbing Competition/Sport Climbing Representative Officers', Mess Petroleum Ctr., West Moors, Wimboume, Dorset, BH21 6QS. BAOR See Rep: Maj WM Sharpe, D&D. B Coy., 1D&D, BFPO 801.
Contents
Aconcagua. Argentina ................................................. 2 A Salutary Experience ................................................. 3 Exercise Croz Diamond ...............................................4 Exercise Tusk ’9 2 ...........................................................6 Exercise Island Wanderer - Khumbu.........................7
A Cautionary Tale
a case of high altitude pulmonary oedem a 9
Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro........................10 The Attempted Ascent of Mount Kun
Kashmir 1993 .................................................................11 Everest - I must be dreaming
DARC Star Expedition ................................................14 Paldor - A Himalayan P e a k .........................................21 Himalayan Beat 1991 .................................................. 23 British Services Mountaineering History
1945 -1995 A Synopsis ............................................. 26 Denali Quadrant
Ascent of Mount McKinley .........................................28 Lone But Not Lonely.................................................... 29
Excersise Asterix III
An Adventure Training Exercise
in the French A lp s .......................................................30
Accidents on Bolted Crags.........................................32