Kinnaur Kailash (left) and Saro peaks, Kinnaur
CORRESPONDENCE
The Editor,
The Himalayan Journal,
c/o The Himalayan Club,
P.O. Box 1905,
Mumbai – 400001.
Sir,
I read with keen interest, your article entitled ‘A Trek in Tawang Tract’ based on your walk along the Indian portion of the Bailey Trail which appeared in the well produced 75th anniversary issue, HJ Vol.60. My congratulations.
Reading it, I was reminded of my own climbs, walks and exploration in the Arunachal Himalaya along the McMahon Line. I had written extensive notes on the natural history and travels along the McMahon Line which included an account of exploration of Kangto and the first ascents in the Gorichen group of peaks. These are recorded in published articles in the Himalayan Journal Vol. 50 entitled ‘Travels in the Arunachal Himalaya’. (Page 84). H.J. Vol 51 page 181 records ‘Exploration and climbs in the East Kameng, 1994’. These H.J’s may be referred to by the interested mountaineers.
A photograph of Kangto was also sent but was not published and is probably with your ‘editor’s papers’ and there is a video film-recording of my team’s exploratory work done from this approach which should be available in H.M.I. Darjeeling.
Yours etc.
Dr P.M. Das
Camp Faridkot
* Only line drawings were received, which are printed in the article. No photographs were received with the above articles and there are none available in the records of the Himalayan Club. – ed