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tude of about 24,000 feet on Gurla Mandhata, it is apparent that 

 he is a close rival of Mr. Graham, who established his record 

 on Kabru. The most complete accounts of these ascents are the 

 following: T. G. Longstaff, "Six Months' Wandering in the 

 Himalaya," {The Alpine Journal, 1906, vol. XXIII, pp. 202-228) ; 

 Mr. Longstaff's chapter in Sherring's book on Western Tibet, 

 reviewed in this number of the Bulletin; W. W. Graham, 

 "Travel and Ascents in the Himalaya," (The Alpine Journal, 

 1884, vol. XII, pp. 25-52) ; Emil Boss and Douglas W. Freshfield, 

 "Notes on the Himalaya and Himalayan Survey," {The Alpine 

 Journal, 1884, vol. XII, pp. 52-60) ; Edwin Swift Balch, "The 

 Highest Mountain Ascent," {Bulletin of the American Geograph- 

 ical Society, 1904, vol. XXXVI, pp. 107-109). W. F. B. 



