Gurja Himal

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Gurja Himal
View from Poon Hill to the mountains of Dhaulagiri Himal; the mountain top on the far left is the Gurja Himal

View from Poon Hill to the mountains of Dhaulagiri Himal; the mountain top on the far left is the Gurja Himal

height 7193  m
location Myagdi District ( Nepal )
Mountains Dhaulagiri Himal ( Himalaya )
Dominance 3.89 km →  Dhaulagiri VI
Notch height 493 m ↓  (6700 m)
Coordinates 28 ° 40 ′ 28 "  N , 83 ° 16 ′ 33"  E Coordinates: 28 ° 40 ′ 28 "  N , 83 ° 16 ′ 33"  E
Gurja Himal (Gandaki)
Gurja Himal
First ascent November 1, 1969 by Tomokuni Saegi and Sherpa Lhakpa Tenzing

The Gurja Himal is a 7193  m high peak in the Dhaulagiri Himal , a part of the Himalayas in Nepal .

The Gurja Himal is located 21.3 km west of the eight thousand meter Dhaulagiri I . A mountain ridge leads north from the Gurja Himal to the neighboring summit Dhaulagiri VI ( 7268  m ). From this, the ridge is in the east via Dhaulagiri IV ( 7661  m ), Dhaulagiri V ( 7618  m ), Dhaulagiri III ( 7715  m ) and finally to Dhaulagiri II ( 7751  m ) proceeds while the west, a ridge for Churen Himal leads . The Gurja Himal is separated from Ghustang (6529 m), 3.05 km further west, by a 6010 m high pass. At the Gurja Himal the mountain ridge splits to the west and east. The Kaphe Glacier stretches on the northwest flank , while the Konabon Glacier has its nutrient area on the northeast flank .

Ascent history

In 1969 a Japanese expedition made the first ascent of the Gurja Himal. The ascent route led from the Kaphe glacier over the west ridge to the summit. Tomokuni Saegi and the Sherpa Lhakpa Tenzing reached the summit on November 1st, 1969.

In the early morning of October 13, 2018, the police reported that five climbers from South Korea and four Nepali had died in the base camp at the foot of the Gurja Himal, which had been destroyed by a landslide, including high-altitude climber Kim Chang-ho , who climbed all 14 eight-thousanders had climbed in record time.

Web links

Commons : Gurja Himal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map at himalaya-info.org
  2. ↑ a b c AAJ, 1970: Asia, Nepal, Gurja Himal
  3. ^ Alpine Club Library - Himalayan Index
  4. ↑ Stephanie Geiger: Nine Dead in the Himalayas, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from October 15, 2018.