Gauri Sankar

Gauri Sankar (front right)

The Gauri Sankar ( Devanagari: गौरीशंकर, gaurīśaṃkara, Gauri Shankar; Chinese:赤 仁 玛 峰, Pinyin: Chìrénmǎ Feng; Tibetan: Jomo Tseringma ) is a mountain in the Himalayas on the border between China and Nepal, and the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal after the Melungtse ( 7,181 m). In Gauri Shankar and is nicknamed the Hindu gods Parvati and Shiva. The mountain is the base of the Nepalese time and the reason for unusual time zone ( UTC 5:45 ).

Confusion with the highest mountain on earth

With Gauri Sankar has been since the mid-19th century, especially in Germany, the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, called. This was based on a confusion of the German scientist Hermann von Schlagintweit Himalayas, watching in search of the just become known as the world's highest mountain peak XV ( di Mount Everest ) a towering peak. He learned of the locals whose names, namely Gauri Sankar, and published it in the mistaken belief they have observed the highest mountain in the world.

Climbing history

Trials of a first ascent in the 1950s and 1960s failed. From 1965 to 1979, the ascent of the mountain was officially prohibited. In 1979, finally achieved a U.S. American -Nepalese expedition made ​​the first ascent.

Swell

  • Mountain in Asia
  • Mountain in Tibet
  • Mountain in Nepal
  • Seven thousand
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