Tirsuli
| Tirsuli | ||
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 Hardeol (left) and Tirsuli I, photograph by Kurt Boeck in 1890 |
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| height | 7074 m | |
| location | Uttarakhand ( India ) | |
| Mountains | Nanda Devi Group ( Garhwal Himalayas ) | |
| Dominance | 2.6 km → Hardeol | |
| Notch height | 674 m | |
| Coordinates | 30 ° 34 '54 " N , 80 ° 1' 12" E | |
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| First ascent | October 9, 1966 | |
The Tirsuli (also Tirsuli I ) is a 7074 m high mountain in the Himalayas in Uttarakhand ( India ).
The mountain is located in the eastern Garhwal Himalayas in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve . The Milam Glacier is located on the east and southeast flank, the Bagini Glacier on the southwest flank and the Siruanch Glacier begins in the north . The 7151 m high Hardeol rises 2.6 km south of Tirsuli . A mountain ridge leads west to the 7035 m high Tirsuli West, 1.61 km away . Another ridge leads to the north-east to the 6180 m high Chalab .
Ascent history
In 1939, the two Poles Adam Karpiński and Stefan Bernadzikiewicz were killed in an avalanche accident while attempting to climb . The first ascent was made on October 9, 1966 by an Indian expedition (Nirapada Mallik, Shyamal Chakrabarty, Nima Tashi and Sherpa Dorji) over the eastern flank of the southeast ridge.
Web links
- Tirsuli on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Photo of Hardeol and Tirsuli from Milam Glacier at himalaya-info.org
- Photo of Hardeol, Tirsuli II and Tirsuli I at summitpost.org