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Answering Auden's call
Tired of living a “primitive life” and keen to “make a short cut that would save several days”, British explorer J.B. Auden charted a route in 1939 from Gangotri to Kedarnath, crossing a pass at the head of the Rudragaira valley and into the Bhilangana valley. Auden — after whom the 5,400m col today takes it name — wrote in his report about “a laborious route along small cliffs”, “a climb zigzagging amongst crevasses”, an “extremely tedious” trudge over Khatling glacier, an icefall with a severity not indicated on a map, and a maze of blocks, wedges and crevasses.
In October this year, we walked in the footsteps of the pioneer.
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Answering Auden's call
Tired of living a “primitive life” and keen to “make a short cut that would save several days”, British explorer J.B. Auden charted a route in 1939 from Gangotri to Kedarnath, crossing a pass at the head of the Rudragaira valley and into the Bhilangana valley. Auden — after whom the 5,400m col today takes it name — wrote in his report about “a laborious route along small cliffs”, “a climb zigzagging amongst crevasses”, an “extremely tedious” trudge over Khatling glacier, an icefall with a severity not indicated on a map, and a maze of blocks, wedges and crevasses.
In October this year, we walked in the footsteps of the pioneer.
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