Yangra (Ganesh I) is the highest peak of the
Ganesh Himal
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Ganesh Himāl ( ne, गणेश हिमाल) is a sub-range of the Himalayas located mostly in north-central Nepal, but some peaks lie on the border with Tibet. The Trisuli Gandaki valley on the east separates it from the Langtang Hi ...
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which is a subrange of the
Himalaya
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mountain range
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. Although not an
8,000 metre peak, and little visited, it enjoys great vertical relief over the nearby valleys.
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Location
Yangra, and the entire Ganesh Himal, lie between the Budhi Gandaki and Trisuli Gandaki valleys, northwest of Kathmandu. Yangra lies on the border between
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
and
Tibet
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, and is east-southeast of
Manaslu, the nearest 8,000 metre peak.
Climbing history
The Ganesh Himal was first seriously reconnoitered for climbing by H. W. Tilman and party in 1950. The first attempt on the peak was in 1953.
The first ascent, in 1955, was by a
Franco-
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expedition led by
Raymond Lambert, via the Southeast Face and Ridge. The ascent was most notable for the presence of a woman,
Claude Kogan
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, in the summit party, which was very rare at the time. Lambert, Kogan, and Eric Gauchat achieved the summit, but Gauchat fell to his death on the descent.
Th
Himalayan Indexlists no other ascents of Yangra,
although a 1960 attempt reached the East Peak of the mountain.
References
Sources
* H. Adams Carter, "Classification of the Himalaya," ''
American Alpine Journal'' 1985.
* Jill Neate, ''High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks'', {{ISBN, 0-89886-238-8
peaklist.org
External links
Himalayan Index(Corrected versions of SRTM data)
Mountains of the Bagmati Province
Mountains of Tibet
China–Nepal border
International mountains of Asia
Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas