Janhukot - 24 hours of an expedition in the Garwhal Himalaya
An expedition to the Garwhal Himalayas to attempt a remote unclimbed 6805m peak called Janhukot, lying at the top of the Gangotri Glacier.
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An expedition to the Garwhal Himalayas to attempt a remote unclimbed 6805m peak called Janhukot, lying at the top of the Gangotri Glacier.
Malcolm Bass on Beinn a Bhuird in the Cairngorms. Photograph: Coldhouse Collective One morning last August leading British mountaineer Malcolm Bass woke up knowing something was wrong with him but having no idea what it was. “I remember thinking I was struggling to sequence putting my contact lenses in, getting dressed and going through to the kitchen for breakfast,” says Bass, 56. “That sequence of tasks seemed very complicated to me when it wouldn’t normally be.” The day before, he’d been rock climbing in the Cairngorms with hi...