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After that I was infused with a pleasant sense of abandon. Our rope was not long enough for us to abseil down the red step, and the idea of climbing down it without support from above was not to be contemplated; therefore we just had to reach the summit.

— Eric Shipton

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Shipton was climbing with the novice Bill Tillman on the first ascent of the difficult West Ridge Route up Batian.

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