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1939 expedition Abruzzi Abruzzi Ridge alpinists Alps American Alpine Club American Alpine Journal arrived ascent Askole Baltoro Baltoro Glacier Base Camp Bestor Robinson Camp VII Chappell Cranmer Chogolisa climbing companions condition Consul Groth Dawa descended diary entry Dudley Wolfe Dudley's Durrance collection Durrance's Everest expedition members Expedition to K2 expedition's feet Fritz Wiessner Gasherbrum George Sheldon Godwin-Austen Glacier Hadow high altitude Himalayan Houston Jack Durrance Jack wrote Joel Ellis Fisher July June K2 expedition Karakoram Karakoram Expedition Kashmir later leader letter loads meters moun Nanga Parbat never night oxygen party Pasang Kikuli Pasang Kitar Pasang Lama person Phinsoo porters reached Camp rock climber rock climbing rope route sahibs seemed Sherpas Skardu sleeping bags snow Sonam Srinagar stay storm summit supplies taineering Tendrup tent three Sherpas tion Tony Cromwell Tony's took Trench Tsering VIII weather Wiessner and Durrance