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The following News Flash is a preliminary report on a breaking story. Alpinist.com will post a follow-up when more information become available. -Ed According to a British Mountaineering Council report , Mick Fowler and BMC CEO Dave Turnbull have made the first ascent of Mugu Chuli (6310m) in western Nepal. In a brief message Turnbull told the BMC, "Success on Gojung (aka Mugu Chuli) 4 days up 3 days down + storm on top. Harder than expected and difficult descent." Mugu Chuli was first reported in 2008 by
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British alpinists Mick Fowler and Dave Turnbull have made the first ascent of Mugu Chuli (6310m) in Nepal.
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from The BMC News
Mick Fowler, famous as the climbing taxman, and Dave Turnbull, the BMC CEO, have just successfully completed a major first ascent in Nepal.
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Well known British climbers Mick Fowler and Dave Turnbull are off to the remote far west of Nepal in October to attempt an unclimbed 6,000m peak.
Fowler - president of the Alpine Club - works for HM Revenue and Customs in the United Kingdom and manages to fit his expeditions around a full time job. He will be using over half of his annual leave entitlement for this trip.
Dave Turnbull is the British Mountaineering Council's (
) chief executive.
Fowler commented on their...
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(Back to: Asia, China, Xinjiang, Tien Shan, Xuelian Range) Sulamar (5,380m), north buttress. By Mick Fowler, Alpine Club, UK From mid August to mid September, Mike Morrison, Paul Ramsden, Rob Smith, and I visited the north side of the Xuelian Range. This area had been visited twice before by mountaineering trips, both led by Bruce Normand, [...]
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In this video we see 76 year old Sir Chris Bonington , partnered by Mick Fowler , romping up the classic Italian icefall of Cascade de Lillaz .
Cascade de Lillaz is one of Europe's finest ice climbs...
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Mick Fowler was elected President of the Alpine Club at the weekend (4 Dec)
following what is thought to be the first contested election to the prestigious post in
the Club's 153-year history.
The clear favourite of AC members, in both an opinion poll and a ballot held at the
club's AGM in London, Fowler is expected to devote his three years as president
to attracting more active alpinists into the AC.
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from The BMC News
Mick Fowler was elected President of the Alpine Club at the weekend (4 Dec) following what is thought to be the first contested election to the prestigious post in the Club’s 153-year history.
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Malcolm Bass and Paul Figg have made the first ascent of the 1600m West Face of Vasuki Parbat, a rarely climbed 6780m peak in the Garwhal Himalaya, India.
The face was first attempted by Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden in 2008, but a period of heavy snow fall gave them no time to acclimatise...
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Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden have returned from the Chinese Tien Shan range with a first ascent to their names.
During a four week expedition to the area, they succeeded in completing a route on the north face of Sulamar (c5,380m), which is on the north side of the Xuelian massif.
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