Mandani Parbat
Climbing history
In 1938, a German Expedition to the Gangotri Glacier had many first ascents of nearby peaks. On 20 September 1938, in a ten-hour climb from base camp, two climbers, Toni Meszner and Leo Spannraft, became the first to reach the summit of Mandani Parbat.
In 1973 a small team from Pune led by Dr G. R. Patwardhan climbed Mandani Parbat on 10 June 1973.
On 18 September 1994 a team from Bengal was stopped just 100m below the summit due to a huge crevasse.
Glaciers and rivers
Gangotri Glacier lies on the northern side of Mandani Parbat from the snout of Gangotri Glacier comes out Bhagirathi River one of the main tributaries of river Ganga. On the south western side lies Mandani Glacier, from there comes out Mandani river after a short run it merges with Kali Ganga at Jalmalla near Kalimath which later joins Mandakini River below Naryankoti near Gupt Kashi later it joins Alaknanda River at Rudra Prayag which ultimately joins Bhagirathi River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Dev Prayag and became Ganga there after.
Neighboring peaks
neighboring peaks of Mandani Parbat:
- Satopanth, 7,075 m (23,212 ft)30°50′42″N 79°12′45″E / 30.84500°N 79.21250°E
- Swachhand Peak, 6,721 m (22,051 ft)30°48′34″N 79°13′27″E / 30.80944°N 79.22417°E
- Chaukhamba I, 7,138 m (23,419 ft)30°52′55″N 79°08′01″E / 30.88194°N 79.13361°E
- Vasuki Parbat, 6,792 m (22,283 ft)30°52′30″N 79°10′30″E / 30.87500°N 79.17500°E
- Bhagirathi Parbat III, 6,454 m (21,175 ft)30°52′09″N 79°08′01″E / 30.86917°N 79.13361°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
See also
References
- ^ "Mandani Parvat". PeakVisor. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ SCHWARZGRUBER, PROFESSOR RUDOLF (1939). "THE GERMAN EXPEDITION TO THE GANGOTRI GLACIER, 1938 : Himalayan Journal vol.11/11". www.himalayanclub.org. 11. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Mehta, Soli S. "Triennial Report 1972-4 Indian Himalaya" (PDF). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "List of expeditions" (PDF). www.alpinejournal.org.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Devprayag | Times of India Travel". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.