Nanda Ghunti
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Nanda Ghunti is a 6,309 metre high mountain
in Garhwal
, India
It lies on the Outer Rim of the Nanda Devi
Sanctuary. It was first surveyed by TG Longstaff in 1907. Eric Shipton
surveyed it from West in 1931. First serious attempt was made by BP Goodfellow J Buz (UK), in 1944. Finally a Swiss team under André Roch
made the first ascent in 1947 through East Ridge.
The first Indian Summit was made in 1960. This expedition was organized by Himalayan Institute (Later named Himalayan Association) of Kolkata
under the leadership of Sukumar Roy and patronised by Ashok Sarkar of The Anandabazar Patrika
. The approach was made through East Ridge and the Summit was reached on October 22, 1960. Summiters were Sukumar Roy and Nima Tashi. Other team members were Dilip Banerjee, Nimai Bose, Dhruba Majumder, Bishwadeb, Pemba Norbu and others.
Subsequent successful expeditions were conducted in 1977, 1980.
Travellers get a clear view Nanda Ghunti and Trishul enroute to Roopkund in Himalayas.
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
in Garhwal
Garhwal Division
Garhwal is the north-western region and administrative division of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand which is home to the Garhwali people. Lying in the Himalayas, It is bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Kumaon region, on the south by Uttar Pradesh state, and on the north-west by...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
It lies on the Outer Rim of the Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country ; owing to this geography it was the highest known mountain in the world until computations on Dhaulagiri by western surveyors in 1808...
Sanctuary. It was first surveyed by TG Longstaff in 1907. Eric Shipton
Eric Shipton
Eric Earle Shipton CBE was a distinguished British Himalayan mountaineer.-Early years:Born in Ceylon in 1907 where his father, a tea planter, died before he was three years old. His mother buried her grief by taking Eric and his sister Marge and travelling constantly for the next five years...
surveyed it from West in 1931. First serious attempt was made by BP Goodfellow J Buz (UK), in 1944. Finally a Swiss team under André Roch
André Roch
André Roch, , was a mountaineer, avalanche expert, skier, resort developer, engineer, and author...
made the first ascent in 1947 through East Ridge.
The first Indian Summit was made in 1960. This expedition was organized by Himalayan Institute (Later named Himalayan Association) of Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
under the leadership of Sukumar Roy and patronised by Ashok Sarkar of The Anandabazar Patrika
Anandabazar Patrika
Anandabazar Patrika is an Indian Bengali language daily newspaper published in Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai by the ABP Group. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.28 million copies making it the largest circulation for a single-edition, regional language...
. The approach was made through East Ridge and the Summit was reached on October 22, 1960. Summiters were Sukumar Roy and Nima Tashi. Other team members were Dilip Banerjee, Nimai Bose, Dhruba Majumder, Bishwadeb, Pemba Norbu and others.
Subsequent successful expeditions were conducted in 1977, 1980.
Travellers get a clear view Nanda Ghunti and Trishul enroute to Roopkund in Himalayas.