The second ascent was made in the spring of 1984 by Wyman Culbreth and Ang Kami Sherpa, via a new route on a ridge on the southwest face | Boardman, Tim Leach, Guy Neidhardt, and Pemba Lama made it to the south "Gauri" summit 7010m |
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The permit from the Nepalese Ministry of Tourism stipulated that the summit could only be reached if an equal number of climbers from both nations were on the summit team | To the south lies the Rolwaling Chu, which leads up to the Tesi Lapcha pass, giving access to the region |
In 1983 Gaurishankar was reached again by a Slovenian team.
21Location [ ] Gaurishankar lies near the western edge of the , about 100 kilometres 62 mi northeast of | Climbing history [ ] The first attempts to climb Gauri Sankar were made in the 1950s and 1960s but weather, avalanches and difficult ice faces defeated all parties |
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High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks | The name comes from the Hindu goddess Gauri, a manifestation of , and her consort , denoting the sacred regard to which it is afforded it by the people of Nepal |
They climbed the left side of the South Face to reach the Southwest Ridge, then continuing to the main summit.
22The Himalayan Index lists only two additional ascents of the main summit of Gauri Sankar | From 1965 until 1979, the mountain was officially closed for climbing |
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It is almost directly between Kathmandu and , and is visible from Kathmandu | It rises dramatically above the Bhote Kosi only 5 km away, and is protected on all sides by steep faces and long, corniced ridges |
Corrected versions of SRTM data• Though they did not make the long additional traverse to the main "Shankar" summit, their climb was a significant achievement in itself.
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