Jannu

South view of Jannu

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The Jannu (even Kumbhakarna ) is situated west of Kanchenjunga Mountain, by which it is connected by a long ridge. Nevertheless, the Jannu not count as a secondary summit. With a height of 7711 m, the Jannu is the 32th highest mountain on Earth. Among mountaineers, he is best known for his very demanding routes north and the extreme climatic conditions due to cold and storm.

The first ascent was held by Robert Paragot, Paul Kellar, René Desmaison and the Sherpa Gyalzen Mitchu and on 29 April in 1962 by Jean Ravier, Lionel Terray and the Sherpa Wangdi on 28 April 1962. They chose a route through the Yamatari glacier south of the mountain to a large plateau, called the throne. This is a glacier south of the summit. The way went over the southeast ridge to the summit.

Routes on the north side

With up to 3000 meters of wall height, the north face of Jannu is one of the largest and most demanding mountaineering destinations of the world. Renowned mountaineer Erhard Loretan as failed on the wall.

  • Northwest Wall: The first route on the north side of Jannu opened a Japanese expedition in 1976 in the north-west wall. It was repeated twice so far, including by an Australian expedition in 2000 that had to give up the attempt of the first ascent of a new route and umschwenkte on the Japanese route. The Catalan Jordi Tozas tried in September 2007 alone on a new route in the north-western wall, but failed at 6900 m altitude.
  • Northwest ridge: The very long and difficult northwest ridge, where in 1994 a French expedition failed, it was up to October 21, 2007 first ascent of 14 by the Russians Valeri Babanov and Sergey Kofanov.
  • North Face: In 2004 a Russian expedition in Bigwallstil climbed for the first time through the for a long time courted by several top mountaineers north face of Jannu, which is among the most difficult to explain etter walls on at all. Tomo Česen allegedly found in 1989 in a solo climb another route, but it is doubted whether he ever reached the summit.

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The impressive north face of Jannu

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  • Height and Vertical separation according to the list of mountains > 6750 m on www.8000ers.com (accessed 14 November 2009 ).
  • Jannu, on Peakbagger.com (English)
  • Report of a Jannu North Face Expedition 2007 (English )
  • ALPINE 1/ 08, p 76
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