Lunag Ri

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Lunag Ri
View from Cho Oyu base camp to Nangpa La and the Lunag Ri massif. The summit of Lunag Ri is on the far right in the picture, half-right in the background the Lunag Ri IV, on the far left behind it the Jobo Rinjang

View from Cho Oyu base camp to Nangpa La and the Lunag Ri massif. The summit of Lunag Ri is on the far right in the picture, half-right in the background the Lunag Ri IV, on the far left behind it the Jobo Rinjang

height 6907  m
location Solukhumbu District ( Nepal ),
Tibet ( PR China )
Mountains Rolwaling Himal ( Himalaya )
Dominance 6.58 km →  Nangpai Gosum
Notch height 1179 m ↓  Nangpa La ( 5716  m )
Coordinates 28 ° 3 '11 "  N , 86 ° 33' 6"  E Coordinates: 28 ° 3 '11 "  N , 86 ° 33' 6"  E
Lunag Ri (Province No. 1)
Lunag Ri
First ascent October 25, 2018 by David Lama
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The Lunag Ri is a mountain in the Himalayas in the Rolwaling Himal mountain group .

The 6907  m high Lunag Ri is located in the main Himalayan ridge on the border between Nepal and Tibet . The Lunag Ri is located 11.7 km west-southwest of Cho Oyu ( 8188  m ). The Jobo Rinjang ( 6778  m ) forms a south-eastern secondary peak of the Lunag Ri. The Lunag Glacier runs on the southern flank of the Lunag Ri . The Nangpa glacier flows to the east . The Shalong Glacier's nutrient zone lies on the northern slope .

Ascents

The Lunag Ri was climbed for the first time on October 25, 2018 by the Austrian alpinist and climber David Lama single-handedly. Lama and the American Conrad Anker failed in November 2015 and again in autumn 2016 after Anker suffered a heart attack on the ascent. Lama broke off a first solo attempt shortly afterwards at 6,700 meters, the highest altitude reached on this mountain until then.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lunag Ri solo first ascent by David Lama on bergstieg.com
  2. ↑ «The mountain is like a white canvas» . nzz.ch. Accessed December 29, 2016
  3. ↑ 2nd attempt on Lunag Ri | Bergstieg.com. In: www.bergstieg.com. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .
  4. ↑ La Crux climbing magazine : David Lama succeeds first ascent of Lunag Ri. In: LaCrux.com. October 29, 2018, accessed October 29, 2018 .

Web links

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