Good article especially the geology bit. In the early 1990s we contributed to Mike Searle's work by carrying pieces of leucogranite and the country rock from below the intrusion down from the summit of Thalay Sagar.
Mike Searle's book, which I'm sure you'll have a copy of is "Colliding Continents", it's well written and explains many of the concepts and ideas in a layman's understanding of the evolution of our understanding of how and when the Indian-Asia collision took place. I did like his way of lowering a rucksack full of samples off Shivling!
Thanks as always for your amazing contributions. Reading Kurtyka's account really stoked my deep respect for the man and his accomplishments. Reading Bernadette McDonald's bio of him opened my eyes to his quiet purist approach to climbing. Such an amazing man! This climb and what he did with Robert Schauer on G4 rank among the greatest mountaineering accomplishments of all time, imo.
Also your geology notes are very much appreciated!
Hi John,
Good article especially the geology bit. In the early 1990s we contributed to Mike Searle's work by carrying pieces of leucogranite and the country rock from below the intrusion down from the summit of Thalay Sagar.
Mike Searle's book, which I'm sure you'll have a copy of is "Colliding Continents", it's well written and explains many of the concepts and ideas in a layman's understanding of the evolution of our understanding of how and when the Indian-Asia collision took place. I did like his way of lowering a rucksack full of samples off Shivling!
Keep up the good articles.
Gordon
Superb stuff, John. Thanks for all the great work you are doing.
John
Thanks as always for your amazing contributions. Reading Kurtyka's account really stoked my deep respect for the man and his accomplishments. Reading Bernadette McDonald's bio of him opened my eyes to his quiet purist approach to climbing. Such an amazing man! This climb and what he did with Robert Schauer on G4 rank among the greatest mountaineering accomplishments of all time, imo.
Also your geology notes are very much appreciated!