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Famous Gulley Descent

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19G 24 Jan 2016
Can anyone remember the name of a particular famous gulley descent? I think it was sometime in the mid 20th century, in East Asia. It ended badly, and the two British army officers leading the team got a massive bollocking for attempting it. One of them then wrote a book about it. Can't remember for the life of me what the gulley was called though. Any ideas?
 Brass Nipples 24 Jan 2016
In reply to 19G:

There's Low's Gully but that was 1994 not mid 20th century
 Martin Bennett 24 Jan 2016
In reply to 19G:

That'd be Lowe's Gully I think. And I think it was more recent - 1990's? A major cock-up from beginning to end was the impression I got reading about it at the time. never read the book tho' - didn't know there was one.
19G 24 Jan 2016
In reply to Orgsm:

That's the one - thank you!
 Chris Craggs Global Crag Moderator 24 Jan 2016
In reply to 19G:

Low's Gully on Kinablu, Borneo,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kinabalu


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abseil 24 Jan 2016
In reply to 19G:

Amazon have the book [I haven't read it], and there's a brief description on their website:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Descent-into-Chaos-Doomed-Expedition/dp/1857531477
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