Labuche Kang (or Lapche Kang, Lobuche Kang I, Choksiam) is a northern outlier of the
Himalayas
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inside Tibet. It rises northwest of
Rolwaling Himal
Rolwāling Valley (), known as a ( Gaurishankar) rural municipality, is a section of the Himalayas in east-central Nepal along the Tibet border. Rolwaling Himal includes Melungtse 7181m and Melungtse II 7023m inside Tibet and Gaurishankar 7134m ...
and east of
Shishapangma
Shishapangma, or Shishasbangma or Xixiabangma ( zh, s=希夏邦马, p=Xī xià bāng mǎ), is the 14th-highest mountain in the world, at above sea level. The lowest 8,000 metre peak, it is located entirely within Tibet.
Name
Geologist Toni H ...
. The peak belongs to a little-known section of the Himalaya variously called Labuche Himal, Pamari Himal and Lapchi Kang that extends from the valley of the Tamakosi River west to the valley of the
Sun Kosi
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and
Nyalam Tong La
pass where
Arniko
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Nepal Mandala ()
, death_date =
, death_place = Yuan Dynasty
, known_for = Nepalese artist in the court of Kublai Khan
, notable_works = White stupa at Miaoying Temple
, st ...
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Friendship Highway cross the Himalaya. This section extends south into Nepal east of Arniko Highway. It is wholly within the catchment of the
Kosi
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, a
Ganges
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tributary.
Labuche Kang was first climbed in 1987 by a
Sino
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Japan
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ese expedition, via the West Ridge.
[ No other attempts are recorded until September 2010 when American climber ]Joe Puryear
Joseph Nicholi Puryear (1973 – October 27, 2010) was an American mountain climber and photographer. Puryear was known for his first ascents on unclimbed mountains in the Himalayas with climbing partner David Gottlieb, where he climbed Kang ...
fell to his death during an unsuccessful attempt.
See also
* List of highest mountains
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* List of ultras of the Himalayas
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References
Mountains of Tibet
Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas
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