CLUB PROCEEDINGS
THE HIMALAYAN CLUB COMMITTEE,2005 (Founded on 17th Febreuary, 1928)
OFFICERS President Vice Presidents
Dr. M. S. Gill
Tanil Kilachand Meher Mehta Col. Ashok Abbey
Hon. Treasurer Hon. Secretary
Rajendra Wani Divyesh Muni Members of the Committee
Vijay Crishna
AVM (Retd) A. K. Bhattacharyya Harish Kapadia M. S. Soin Dr. Ravi Mariwala
Motup Chewang Ravi Singh Cdr. K. B. Singh Rishad Naoroji S.P.Mahadevia
Additional Members of Balloting Committee
Monesh Devjani Maninder Singh Kohli
Wing Cdr V. K. Sashindran (Dr)
President Emeritus
Hon. Local Secretaries:
India
Almora
Bangalore
Darjeeling
Delhi
J. C. Nanavati
Himanshu Pandey Deepak Arya Doijee Lhatoo Mandip Singh Soin
Dehra Dun |
Sandeep Dutt |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Sat Paul Sahni |
Manali |
Mahavir Thakur |
Mumbai |
Ms. Jasmine Hegde |
Kolkata |
Priyadarshi Gupta |
Shimla |
Deepak Sanan |
Leh |
Motup Chewang |
Pune |
Dr. Raghunath Godbole |
Ranikhet |
Krishnan Kutty |
Nepal |
Ms. Elizabeth Hawley |
Pakistan |
Nazir Sabir |
Australia |
Jim Dorington |
France |
Claude Gardien |
New Zealand |
John Nankervis |
Great Britain |
R. G. Pettigrew |
Japan |
Y. Matsuda |
Spain |
Jose Paytubi |
South Africa |
Dr. S. A Craven |
Korea |
Bae Seung Youl |
Switzerland |
Eric Bernhardt |
Sweden |
Ake Nilsson |
U.S.A. |
Donald Goodman |
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Nicholas Clinch |
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Paddy Iyer |
Hon. Editor |
Harish Kapadia |
Hon. Asst. Editors |
Ms. Nandini Purandare |
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Dr. Ravi Mariwala |
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Rajesh Gadgil |
Hon. Librarian |
Sudhir Sahi |
Hon. Asst. Librarians |
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Mumbai |
Shyam Samant |
Kolkata |
Debajyoti Bhattacharya |
Hon. Equipment Officer Rajendra Wani
Hon. Asst. Equipment Officers
Mumbai Mangesh Chaudhury
Kolkata Chandrashekhar Ghosh
Web Master E-Letter Compilers
E-Group Moderator
Sanjay Khatau Ms. Jasmine Hegde Maninder Kohli
Cdr. K. B. Singh
Patrons of The Himalayan Club
Chief of Army Staff Ambani, Anil Godrej, Adi Mallya, Vijay Trivedi, Kunj
Honorary Members of the Himalayan Club
Aitken, Bill Ali, Aamir Band, G.C. Bernhardt, Eric
Bonington, Sir Christian, C.B.E.
Braham, T. H.
Diemberger, Kurt
Gombu, Nawang
Guha, K. K.
Herzog, Maurice
Hillary, Sir Edmund, K.B.E.
Houston, Dr. C.S.
Inada, Sadashige
Kohli, Capt., M.S.
Lawford, R.
Lhatoo, Dorjee
McNaught-Davis, Ian Matsuda, Yuichi, Moddie, A.D. Nakamura, Tamotsu Nangle, Col. F.E. Nyka, J. Ogata, Yoshio Otsuka, Hiroyoshi Pettigrew, Robert Ramchandani, Gulab Scott, Doug Singh, Gurdial
Streather, Lt. Col. H.R.A., O.B.E. Westmacott, M.H. Wylie, Lt. Col. C.G. Yoshida, Ko
CLUB NEWS
As usual it was an active year, with many Sectional Meetings at Mumbai, Kolkatta, Delhi and London. The Himalayan Journal Vol. 61 was published in November 2005 while The Himalayan Club Newsletter 59 was published in March 2005.
The Grindlays Bank Mountain Scholarships were awarded to various trainees. Many new books were added to the library.
The Club membership continues to grow beyond 800 members spread over various parts of the world and consisting of many leading mountaineers. The membership is open to all who are interested in any aspects of the Himalaya and are qualified to be members.
Full details and forms are available from Hon. Secretary, THE HIMALAYAN CLUB CENTRE 314, Turf Estate, Shakti Mills Lane off E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400 011, India E-mail:
info@himalayanclub.com Website:
www.himalayanclub.com Phone 91-22 2491 2829
(Full details of the club activities in 2005 and the celebrations organised by the Himalayan Club and at its sections are available in the
Himalayan Club Newsletter 59).
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THE HIMALAYAN JOURNAL
Volume 62 (2006)
(incorporating the years 2005-2006)
Honorary Editor
HARISH KAPADIA
Honorary Assistant Editors
Nandini Purandare Ravi Mariwala Rajesh Gadgil
Assistance Business Rishad Naoroji S. P. Mahadevia
Designer Aparna Joshi