Kharchakund
Kharchakund | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,612 m (21,693 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 835 m (2,740 ft)[2] |
Coordinates | 30°46′50″N 79°07′44″E / 30.78056°N 79.12889°E |
Geography | |
Location | Garhwal Himalaya |
Climbing | |
First ascent | A Japanese team climbed it in 1980[1] |
Kharchakund is a mountain of the
Climbing history
On 29 May 1980 a Japanese team climbed Kharchakund. The first summiteers of this mountain are Yoshitaka Tanimura and Toshiharu Hashimoto. They climbed Kharchakund from the west ridge a side ridge of the north ridge. On 30 May the second party also reached the summit they are Sueo Miyahara, Kaoru Ueno, Yoshiki Yamanaka and Masao Mizuno. They established three camps in between the summit. Camp 1 at a height of 4900m, camp 2 at 5300m and camp 3 at 6000m.[1] A four-man team of the Oread Mountaineering Club, Robin Beadle, Bobby Gilbert, Rob Tresidder and Pete Scott climbed Kharchakund on 18 September 1987. They made an alpine-style ascent of Kharcha Kund's N ridge. They made six bivouacs between 5000m and 6000m before their summit day.[3]
Glaciers and rivers
Neighboring peaks
neighboring peaks of Kharchakund:
- Chaukhamba I: 7,138 m (23,419 ft)30°44′59″N 79°17′28″E / 30.74972°N 79.29111°E
- Bhagirathi I: 6,856 m (22,493 ft)30°51′00″N 79°08′57″E / 30.85000°N 79.14917°E
- Kedarnath Peak: 6,940 m (22,769 ft)30°47′42″N 79°04′10″E / 30.79500°N 79.06944°E
- Kedarnath Dome: 6,831 m (22,411 ft)30°48′31″N 79°04′44″E / 30.80861°N 79.07889°E
- Sumeru Parbat: 6,350 m (20,833 ft)30°46′15″N 79°07′24″E / 30.77083°N 79.12333°E
- Mandani Parbat: 6,193 m (20,318 ft)30°44′01″N 79°11′57″E / 30.73361°N 79.19917°E
- Kirti Stambh: 6,270 m (20,571 ft)30°49′14″N 79°01′08″E / 30.82056°N 79.01889°E
See also
- List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand
References
- ^ a b c "Ascent of Kharchakund on 1980-05-29 - Peakbagger.com". www.peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Kharchakund". PeakVisor. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ BEADLE, ROBIN. "Kharcha Kund North Ridge Expedition" (PDF). Alpine club. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Devprayag | Times of India Travel". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.