CLUB PROCEEDINGS, 1981

Fifty-second Annual General Meeting was held on Friday, 8 May 1981 at Scindia House, Ballard Estate, Bombay 400038. Following names were proposed and elected:

OFFICERS

 

Members of Committee

 

Additional Members of Balloting Committee

 

Other Appointments:

 

Honorary Members
Following persons were elected Honorary Members in October 1981:

 

Himalayan Journal

With effect from Vol 37 the price of the Journal has been revised to Rs 100/-. The price of back issues of Journals in stock has also been revised to Rs 100/-. At present the Club has Vols 32 to 37 in stock.

Grindlays Bank Mountain Scholarship

During the year 15 persons were awarded scholarships for training in mountaineering at Institutes in India.

Club Sponsorship

Two expeditions were sponsored by the Club during 1981, both le'3 by V. V. Limaye:

1. Jogin I Expedition
2. Kabru Dome Expedition

Bob Waller Scholarship and Equipment Grant

Mrs G. E. D. Waller has donated £1500 to the Himalayan Club in memory of her husband late G. E. D. Waller to be utilized as under :

1. Interest income from £750 for Bob Waller Scholarships for mountaineering training in India.
2. Interest income from £750 to purchase equipment suitably inscribed in memory of Bob Waller.

SECTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Bombay:

19 March : Manik Bannerjee gave a slide-illustrated talk on his recent expedition to Jogin group of peaks.

9 April: Harish Kapadia showed slides of his trek to Ladakh and Zanskar, 1980.

8 May : S. R. Shah showed slides of his treks in Garhwal, Kumaon and Kashmir.

5 August: P. M. Das gave a talk on the accident on Bhagirathi II and Alpine style climbing camps in India. He also showed slides of his ascent of Bandarpunch.

8 to 13 December: 'Himalayan Club Week' was celebrated. The following programmes were held during the week.

1. A talk on 'Kabru Dome Expedition' by V. V. Limaye. The expedition attempted Kabru Dome and Frey Peak and made ascent of Palung.
2. Slide-illustrated talk on 'Treks and Climbs in Dhauladhar' by A. B. Samant.
3. Harish Kapadia gave a slide-illustrated talk on 'Swetvarn Indo-French Expedition, 1981'. The expedition made the first ascent of Sudarshan Parbat, Chaturbhuj and climbed three other peaks.
4. Two films, 'Ice-climbing' and 'Everest—Mie Hard Way' were screened.
5. Romesh Bhattacharji gave a slide-illustrated talk on 'Kailash- Mansarovar, 1981'.

A Club Dinner was held on 11 December, 1981.

22 December: The film 'Ocean to Sky' was screened by the kind courtesy of Air-India.

Calcutta:

February : A. D. Moddie, President of the Club addressed the members.

9 July: Slide-show by B. B. Arnal on 'Ghori Parbat, 1977'.

Delhi:

10 February: Col B. S. Sandhu gave an illustrated talk on treks in Garhwal.

23 February: Harish Kapadia gave an illustrated talk on trek in North Ladakh and Zanskar.

19 March: A slide-show on ascent of Bhrigupanth by the Indo- American Women's Expedition, 1980. Speaker was Rekha Sharma.

6 September: John Jackson gave an illustrated talk on 'Mountains on Foot' and 'Ski-Greenland, Europe, Himalaya'.

4 October: A series of films on mountaineering and ski-ing in the European Alps were screened by the courtesy of Italian Embassy and India International Centre.

22 October : Doug Scott gave an illustrated talk.

7 December: Santosh Kumar gave an illustrated talk on 'Kailash Mansarovar Yatra'.

19 December: Films on Ruwenzori and Kilimanjaro were screened by Dr G. Crespi Reghizzi.

London Reunion

The Annual Reunion of U.K. members of tlhe Club in London, organized by Bob Pettigrew, was held on the 24 April, 1981 at the Oriental Club. John Barry gave a vivid and fascinating talk illustrated by colour slides, entitled, 'Climbing the Eiger of the Himalaya-Gauri Sankar, 23,340 ft Nepal Himalaya'. After the talk some 25 members and guests sat down to dinner at which V. S. Risoe was in the chair.

Printed in India by S. V. Limaye at India Printing Works, Fort, Bombay 400 023 and published by J. C. Nanavati, Hon. Secretary, for The Himalayan Club, P.O. Box 1905, Bombay 400 001

INDIAN MOUNTAINEER

Half-yearly National Adventure Journal

Printed on superfine art paper, liberally sprinkled with breath-taking photographs in colour and black and white, the INDIAN MOUNTAINEER is, in the words of Lord Hunt "a mine of information".

Some of the highlights of the Spring (No. 7) and Autumn (No. 8), 1981 issues of "Indian Mountaineer":

World Class Adventures —

(1) Indo-New Zealand Himalayan Traverse Expedition, 1981. The first successful 5,000-km. trek from Kanchenjunga to K-2 narrated by Graeme Dingle and Peter Hillary.

(2) Rising sun on Chomolungma — the Japanese ascents of Mt. Everest from the North side.

(3) British Kongur Expedition — first ascent of the recently opened peak in China.

(4) Shivling, the Indian Matterhorn — first ascent from the East Pillar in alpine style.

(5) Personal account of the ascent of White Needle by Norman Croucher, the man with steel legs and winner of the International Award for valour in sport.

Adventure & Science — Fascinating scientific studies made during Naomi Uemura's 3,000-km. Solo journeys to North Pole and through Greenland.

Ensure your copy by sending your subscription today. The subsidised subscription rates are: within India Rs. 20/- for two issues; outside India Dollars 8 or Pounds 3.50 Sterling by air mail; Dollars 5 or Pounds 2.50 Sterling by Sea mail.

Send your subscription to the Editor, Indian Mountaineer, Indian Mountaineering Foundation Headquarters Complex, Benito Juarez Road, Anand Niketan, New Delhi-110 021.

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