Dhaulagiri

The south face of Dhaulagiri

The Dhaulagiri from the northeast with east wall, the Northeast and North wall

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Dhaulagiri ( "White Mountain ", nepali: धौलागिरी Dhaulagiri ) is the highest peak of the Dhaulagiri Himal in the Himalayas. With a height of 8167 m, it is one of the eight-thousanders, and is the seventh highest mountain in the world. Separated by the Kali Gandaki valley rises about 35 km east of Dhaulagiri Annapurna.

In a survey in 1809 by Lieutenant William Spencer Webb and Captain John Hodgson were determined as the height of Dhaulagiri 8190 m. He was the first eight-thousanders discovered and from then on was to measure the Kangchenjunga in 1838 as the highest mountain in the world (→ chronicle of the highest mountains on earth ).

Climbing history

The Dhaulagiri was climbed for the first time as the penultimate eight-thousanders. Only members of the eighth expedition, an international expedition led by the Swiss artist Max Eiselin, was to reach the summit succeeded. This had - first and unique in the history of mountaineering - a small plane used to transport the equipment and the members of the expedition to the base camp 2 at 5700 meters above sea level. The Yeti, a Pilatus Porter PC-6, crashed at one of the difficult at this altitude go-around 5 May 1960, with no one was injured. Building on the experience and lifelines of the seventh abortive expedition in 1959 under the direction of Fritz Moravec the northeast ridge was elected as an ascent route. Kurt Diem Berger, Peter Diener, Ernst Forrer, Albin Schelbert and the two Sherpas Nawang Dorje and Nyima Dorje - - On May 13, 1960 a six-member team from among the members of the expedition reached the summit the summit. On May 23, 1960 this was achieved with Michel Vaucher and Hugo Weber two other expedition members.