Yangra is the highest peak of the Ganesh Himal

Ganesh Himal

Ganesh Himāl is a sub-range of the Himalaya located mostly in north-central Nepal, but some peaks lie on the border with Tibet. TheTrisuli Gandaki valley on the east separates it from the Langtang Himal; the...

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which is a subrange of the Himalayan mountain range

Mountain range

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. Although not an 8,000 metre peak

Eight-thousander

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, and little visited, it enjoys great vertical relief over the nearby valleys.

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

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 and Tibet

Tibet

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, and is east-southeast of Manaslu

Manaslu

Manaslu , also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world, and is located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. Its name, which means "Mountain of the Spirit", comes from the Sanskrit word Manasa, meaning "intellect" or "soul"...

, 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

France

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-Swiss

Switzerland

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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, 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.

The Himalayan Index lists no other ascents of Yangra,
although a 1960 attempt reached the East Peak of the mountain.

Sources

• H. Adams Carter, "Classification of the Himalaya," American Alpine Journal
  American Alpine Journal
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  1985.
• Jill Neate, High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks, ISBN 0-89886-238-8
• peaklist.org

External links

• Himalayan Index
• DEM files for the Himalaya (Corrected versions of SRTM data)