Page 28 - 1994 Mountaineering Club Review

Clues Across
1&4. Author of 'Scrambles amongst the Alps' (6,7)
9- Gaelic word meaning waterfall (3)
10 &19 Down. Scottish cliff in the Cairngorms area which features the White Elephant, Vertigo Wall, Goliath, Mousetrap and Labyrinth Direct (5,2,4,4)
11. The snow slopes of a mountain above the Bergschrund (4) 12 Fawcett or Hill perhaps? (3)
13. The Alpine Club, in short (1,1)
14 What Bonnington chose to do, according to his 1966 book (5) 15. &17 Where it all began, in 1886 (5,6)
20. This is drier and warmer on the leeward side of a mountain (3) 21& 22 Down. Exponent of competition climbing (5,5).
23. Rope Dancer or tumbler. Isabelle Patissier maybe9 (7)
26 Building, a challenge for the inner city climber perhaps(7)
27 Tibetan word meaning a pass or col. (2)
28. In short the'city of Sugar Loaf Mountain (3)
29 &31 Mancunian plumber who reached summit of Annapurna in 1970 (3,7)
30. Surname of the leader of the 1931 expedition which succeeded in climbing Kamet (6)
Clues Down
1. Climber, cameraman and cafe proprietor (4,5)
2. A bet. or Lawrence of the 1933 Everest expedition (5) 3. English arete (5)
5 Valley in California through which the Merced River flows(8)
6. Tragically he disappeared with Joe Tasker (5,8)
7. The 'Mountains of the Moon' (9)
8 & 24 Highest mountain in Great Britain (3,5)
16. Mountain at the head of the Khumbu Valley (6)
18. French stirrups (7)
19. See 10across
22. See 21 across
25. John. American member of the eventful International Expedition to Everest's South West face in 1971 (5)