The Climbing Team

	Chris Bonington Britain's best known climber, who in some ways will be facing his biggest challenge in trying to reach the summit of Sepu Kangri at the age of sixty four. Climbing Alpine Style, carrying a heavy load and keeping going for seven days without stop is not going to be easy but he very much wants to make it to the top and will give it his very best.
	Graham Little One of Scotland's most outstanding winter climbers with a long string of first ascents behind him. He has climbed extensively in the Worlds greater ranges choosing challenging technically difficult peaks in little known areas. He has climbed with Chris on the first ascent of the West Ridge of Panch Chuli II in 1992, a series of steep rock towers in Greenland in 1993 and the first ascent of Rangrik Rang in 1994. In 1996 he made the first ascent of the North Face of the Kulu Eiger in India. He is Marketing Manager to Odnance Survey, Scotland.
	Scott Muir Aged 22, Scott has just completed an honours degree in Physical Education. He is a talented climb both on rock and ice with several new routes to his credit. He climbed the North Face of the Kulu Eiger in India with Graham Little and Jim Lowther in 1996 and led his own expedition to Sin Hasan in Himachal Pradesh in India in 1997, making the first ascent of the Throne, 5840 metres.
	Victor Saunders An outstanding all round mountaineer who made the first ascent of The Gold Pillar of Spantik in the Karakoram with Mick Fowler in 1987. This still ranks as one of the boldest technical climbs made in the Himalayas. He climbed with Chris on Panch Chuli V in 1992 and works as a mountain guide.

The Exploration Team

	Charles Clarke A Consultant Neurologist and expert on mountain medicine who has been expedition doctor with Chris on five expeditions including the 1975 Everest South West Face Expedition.
	Elliot Robertson An experienced climber with a strong environmental background, is research assistant and conference organiser for the Mountain Regions Programme of the Environmental Change Unit of Oxford University.