Details of Historic Chang Himal Ascent

Earlier this month, British alpinists Nick Bullock and Andy Houseman completed one of the finest alpine-style climbs of the decade: the north face of Chang Himal (6802m) in the Kanchenjunga Himal (first reported in the November 5, 2009 NewsWire).

The 1800-meter face, coated with steep snow flutings, had come to be admired as one of Asia's most striking unclimbed objectives. Lindsay Griffin brought further attention to Chang Himal when he wrote about the north face in Alpinist 4's "Unclimbed," an expose of the world's most coveted uncompleted climbs...

Taken from: Alpinist Magazine.