Ngadi Chuli

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Ngadi Chuli
Manaslu (left), Thulagi Chuli (dark contour under the Manaslu), Ngadi Chuli (middle) and Himal Chuli (right)

Manaslu (left), Thulagi Chuli (dark contour under the Manaslu), Ngadi Chuli (middle) and Himal Chuli (right)

height 7871  m
location Gorkha District , Manang ( Nepal )
Mountains Mansiri Himal ( Himalaya )
Dominance 5.21 km →  Manaslu
Notch height 1020 m
Coordinates 28 ° 30 ′ 12 ″  N , 84 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 28 ° 30 ′ 12 ″  N , 84 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  E
Ngadi Chuli (Gandaki)
Ngadi Chuli
First ascent May 8th, 1979 by Ryszard Gajewski, Maciej Pawlikowski
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The Ngadi Chuli (or Peak 29 , also: Dakura ) is a mountain in the Himalayas . With a height of 7871  m , it is one of the 20 highest peaks on earth.

The mountain is located in the central part of the Asian Mountains on Nepalese territory, in the Gandaki administrative zone , about 120 km (as the crow flies) northeast of Kathmandu and a good 20 km from the Tibetan border. The Ngadi Chuli is part of the Mansiri Himal mountain range ( Manaslu massif ), the third highest mountain of which it represents. It is located about 10 km southeast of the eight-thousander Manaslu . The direct neighboring mountain of the Ngadi Chuli is the approximately 5 km southeast of the Himal Chuli , which is almost the same height . The large Lidanda glacier lies on the eastern slopes of the seven-thousander .

Ascent

The Ngadi Chuli was conquered later and less often than all eight-thousanders . In 1961 a Japanese expedition first explored the mountain. In 1969 the third Japanese Ngadi Chuli expedition succeeded in ascending to an altitude of 7350  m . The first ascent was probably achieved in 1970 by Hiroshi Watanabe and Lhaksa Tsering. However, the Japanese mountaineer and his local companion had a fatal accident shortly below the summit and there is no definitive evidence that they actually reached the highest point of the mountain before their fall. Several other Japanese groups fail to make it to the summit in the following years.
The first confirmed ascent was finally made by the Polish climbers Ryszard Gajewski and Maciej Pawlikowski on May 8, 1979 . Since then, no further attempt to climb Ngadi Chuli has been made.

tourism

The Ngadi Chuli is located in a remote part of Nepal that has hardly been developed for tourism - which means that traditional ways of life at the foot of the seven-thousand-meter-high mountain have been able to hold up even more than anywhere else. The Manaslu region has only been generally open to foreign visitors since 1991 . Some organizers organize guided trekking tours along the southern slope of the Gurkha Himal chain, with heights of almost 5000  m being reached and offering impressive views of the Ngadi Chuli and its neighboring mountains. Trekking tours through the neighboring Annapurna region, which has a little more tourist infrastructure, offer views of the Ngadi Chuli.

The Ngadi Chuli can be climbed by foreign expedition teams (even without local accompaniment) after obtaining a permit from the Nepalese Ministry of Tourism.

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