2024 is the forty fifth anniversary of Joe and Pete’s historic ascent of the North West Ridge of Kanchenjunga, climbed together with Doug Scott. This was one of the finest achievements ever by British climbers, being a new route on the world’s third highest mountain, climbed without the use of oxygen, the climb was a very bold and potentially dangerous one, and Doug regarded it as perhaps his finest achievement. As regards Joe and Pete, it ranks alongside their famous ascent of Changabang as their major contribution to the development of Himalayan climbing.
The three of them reached the summit on May 16th.
This article was published in 2019.