Yangra

Infobox Mountain
Name = Yangra (Ganesh I)
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Elevation = 7,422 metres (24,350 feet)
Location = Nepal/Tibet
Range = Ganesh Himal, Himalaya
Prominence = 2,352 metres
Coordinates = coord|28|23|30|N|85|07|38|E|type:mountain
Topographic

First ascent = October 24, 1955 by R Lambert, C Kogan, E Gauchat
Easiest route = rock/snow/ice climb
Listing = Ultra

Yangra (Ganesh I) is the highest peak of the Ganesh Himal, which is a subrange of the Himalayan mountain range. 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 Katmandu. Yangra lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet,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-Swiss 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 [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/ Himalayan Index] lists no other ascents of Yangra, although a 1960 attempt reached the East Peak of the mountain.

ources

*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
* [http://www.peaklist.org peaklist.org]

External links

* [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/ Himalayan Index]
* [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html#himalayas DEM files for the Himalaya] (Corrected versions of SRTM data)