Mount Gongga
Mount Gongga is a 7,556 metres (24,790 ft) mountain in the Daxue Shan range, in Sichuan China. It is also known as Gongga Shan and Minya Konka.[1] The name Minya Konka means "White Ice Mountain of Minyang".[2] It is the 41st highest mountain in the world. The first people to reach the top were Richard Burdsall and Terris Moore, in 1932.[3] It was not climbed again until 1957.[4]
 Mount Gongga in 2014 | |
| Elevation | 7,556 m (24,790 ft) Ranked 41st |
|---|---|
| Prominence | 3,642 m (11,949 ft) Ranked 47th |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Location | |
| Location | Sichuan, China |
| Range | Daxue Shan (大雪山) |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 28 October 1932 by Richard Burdsall and Terris Moore |
| Easiest route | Northwest Ridge |
Mount Gongga is thought of as one of the hardest and most dangerous mountains to climb.[2][5][6] There have been many deaths on the mountain. These include a group of eight Japanese climbers in 1981.[7] Until 1999, more people had died on the mountain than had made it to the top.[8][9]
Mount Gongga Media
Mount Gongga Northwest Ridge
The Hailuogou Glacier sliding from the Gongga Mountain 2022-8-19
References
- ↑ Gongga Shan, ChinaPeakbagger.com. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Minya Konka: The Mountain Nobody Knows. eMontana (17 August 2017). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ↑ "The Minya Konka Climb". American Alpine Journal (American Alpine Club). 1933. http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12193300100/The-Minya-Konka-Climb. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ↑ "1932. Minya Konka (Gongga Shan)". American Alpine Journal (American Alpine Club). 2002. http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200202200/1932-Minya-Konka-Gongga-Shan. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ↑ Minya Konka (Gongga Shan)SummitPost.org. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ↑ Trekking Around Gongga Shan—Tallest Peak in Sichuan. China Highlights. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ↑ Article on ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ↑ Kelley, Douglass; Murphy, Joseph E. (1983). "Gongga Shan—Minya Konka Revisited". American Alpine Journal (American Alpine Club). http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198304000/Gongga-ShanMinya-Konka-Revisited. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ↑ Macfarlane, Robert. Ice, from The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot'. Design Observer (15 October 2012).
