Diaries of Barbara Roscoe Diaries of Barbara Roscoe’s expedition to the Himalayas in the company of Jo Scarr, Dorothea Gravina, Nancy Smith, Denise Evans and Pat Wood. The story of their adventure in 1961-1962 is told in the book “Four Miles High”, (London, 1966). Their trip was a great success - driving a Land Rover to India and back, and climbing two previously unclimbed peaks of 6,000m in the Kulu district. The diaries are detailed and highly descriptive and provide an insight into the experience of an adventurous group of women, their trials and tribulations and the hazards they faced during their travels. It is a colourful and exciting account and often humorous. Since there is some duplication within these diaries, it is unclear whether they were written by Barbara Roscoe (née Spark) during her journey or were written later, when the opportunity arose, based on notes taken by her - as seen in the loosely inserted pages of the 3rd diary (BMSS/40380) 1961-1962