Gimmigela Chuli
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| height | 7350 m | |
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Taplejung ( Nepal ), North Sikkim ( India ) |
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| Mountains | Kangchenjunga Himal ( Himalaya ) | |
| Dominance | 2.62 km → Kangchenjunga (North Summit) | |
| Notch height | 432 m ↓ (6918 m) | |
| Coordinates | 27 ° 44 '27 " N , 88 ° 9' 31" E | |
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| First ascent | October 16, 1995 by Taroh Tanigawa, Koji Nagakubo and Yuichi Yoshida | |
 From the left Taple Shikar (6510 m), The Twins and Kangchenjunga (8586 m) |
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The Gimmigela Chuli (also The Twins , English for "the twins") is a mountain in the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Sikkim in India .
The Gimmigela Chuli is 4.35 km north of the eight-thousander Kangchenjunga . The mountain lies on a mountain ridge running in north-south direction. Below the southwest flank of Gimmigela Chuli, the Kangchendzönga glacier flows in a westerly direction. The Twins Glacier lies on the eastern flank .
In addition to the 7,350 m high main summit Gimmigela I , the Gimmigela Chula also has a secondary summit 2.05 km further east-northeast, the Gimmigela II ( 7005 m , ⊙ ). Its notch height is 185 m.
A mountain ridge leads south to the north summit of Kangchenjunga ( 7741 m ), 2.62 km away . To the north of Gimmigela II lies the high mountain pass Nepal Gap at an altitude of ( 6194 m ). Beyond this rise Nepal Peak and Kirat Chuli .
Ascent history
An attempt to climb ended on October 18, 1994 with the death of Masanori Sato, the leader of a Japanese expedition. The mountaineering group managed the first ascent of Gimmigela II (on October 13, 1994 by Hideo Koike, Masanori Sato, Taroh Tanigawa and the Sherpas Phurba, Chuldin and Pasang Nima) and was on the summit ridge on the way to the main summit (Gimmigela I), as Sato fell into a 35 m deep hidden crevasse. The body could not be recovered and the expedition was canceled.
In the following year, on October 16, 1995, Taroh Tanigawa, Koji Nagakubo and Yuichi Yoshida, participants in the expedition that failed in 1994, finally managed the first ascent of Gimmigela I.
Web links
- Gimmigela I on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Gimmigela II on Peakbagger.com (English)