“Only an easy scramble remained and we were there, on the hitherto untrodden summit of Nelion.”
[Eric Shipton, w:Eric Shipton, Illustrations by Biro, That Untravelled World, 1969, 2nd edition, 1977, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 0-340-21609-3]
Eric Shipton made the first ascent of Nelion and the second ascent of Batian in 1929.
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