Kashmir H im al. Four Americans, Leslie Wheeler, David G raber, Joel Bown and I, joined four Kashmiris, M ohammed Ashraf, Vijay Kumar, N azeer Ahmad, and M ohammed Aslam , for the first ascent of Tuliyan Peak ( 15,900 feet). On June 1, we reached the summit via the south­west ridge from a camp at Tuliyan Lake, about 20 miles south of Phal-

gam, Kashmir. The Americans then moved to the Kunir Hayan peaks above Shishnag Lakes near the route of the Hindu pilgrimage to the cave at Am arnath. On June 8, we climbed Shiva ( 16,500 feet via the east face); on June 10 Bown and W heeler climbed Vishnu (16,700 feet via the northeast spur) while G raber and Blum climbed Brama (16,300 feet via the west face). All three peaks were approached from the north from a high camp above Shishnag Lake at 13,600 feet. They appear to be iden­tical with the Shisha peaks climbed by C.G. Bruce in 1898 from the south, making ours the second ascent.

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