Complex sentence: The 1,300-metre north face was first explored by George Finch, T. G. B. Forster and R. Peto on August 2 1923 via the North Face Diagonal or'Finch Route'.
Split into simpler sentences: The 1,300-metre north face was first climbed, albeit by a traversing rather than an ascending line, by George Finch, T. G. B. Forster and R. Peto on August 2 1923. This route is known as the North Face Diagonal or'Finch Route'.