Lugula Himal

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Lugula Himal
height 6889  m
location Manang District ( Nepal ),
Tibet (PR China)
Mountains Peri Himal ( Himalaya )
Dominance 11.83 km →  Ratna Chuli
Notch height 1040 m ↓  ( 5850  m )
Coordinates 28 ° 53 '48 "  N , 84 ° 15' 36"  E Coordinates: 28 ° 53 '48 "  N , 84 ° 15' 36"  E
Lugula Himal (Gandaki)
Lugula Himal
First ascent November 2, 2010 (official: April 23, 2014)
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The Lugula Himal (also Lagula Himal ) is a mountain in the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region .

The 6,889  m high Lugula Himal is located in the Peri Himal massif . The mountain lies in a ridge running in a west-east direction, which forms the state border and the watershed between Yarlung Tsangpo in the north and Marsyangdi in the south. 3.22 km further west is the 6361  m high Bhrikuti Sail , 3.15 km east of the Chako with 6734  m . Further east is the next higher mountain, the 7035  m high Ratna Chuli .

The official first ascent of Lugula Himal took place on April 23, 2014 by a South Korean expedition (Hong Seung-gi and Feme Sherpa, as well as Bum Won-taek and Lakpa Sherpa). Before that, on November 2, 2010, there was an unofficial ascent of the Lugula Himal without the appropriate permission by a French.

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Individual evidence

  1. a b AAJ: Lugula (6.899 m): First official ascent, by south couloir and west ridge