U.S.-Led Team Scales Cho Oyu Peak in Nepal
United Press International
KATMANDU, Nepal —
Two members of an American-led expedition made the first U.S. conquest of the 26,906-foot Cho Oyu, the world’s sixth highest peak, Nepal’s Ministry of Tourism said Monday.
James Frush, 34, of Trinidad, Colo., and David Hambly, 52, the sole British member of the team from Redmond, Wash., climbed the peak from the southwest side. They planted American, Nepalese and British flags on the summit, the ministry said.
The team is preparing for an autumn, 1988, assault on Mt. Everest, the world’s highest mountain.
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