Himalaya / Annapurna · Nepal
Annapurna II
7937 m·Independent peak·first ascent 1960
- Elevation
- 7937 m
- Prominence
- —
- Class
- Independent peak
- Range
- Himalaya / Annapurna
- Countries
- Nepal
- Coordinates
- 28.5347° N / 84.1219° E
- First ascent
- 1960
- Climbed
- Yes
Overview
Annapurna II is the eastern pillar of the Annapurna Himal and the second-highest summit in that massif after Annapurna I. It is 7,937 m, with about 2,400 m of prominence and nearly 30 km of isolation from a higher top. On a height list it sits just under Gyachung Kang and Gasherbrum III. It is not an eight-thousander and is easy to skip if you only look at Annapurna I.
A British–Indian–Nepalese expedition led by J. O. M. Roberts made the first ascent on 17 May 1960. Richard Grant, Chris Bonington, and Ang Nyima Sherpa reached the summit by the west ridge after crossing the north side of Annapurna IV. They used oxygen. Slovenes repeated the line without oxygen in 1969. Tim Macartney-Snape’s party opened the south spur in 1983 and ran out of food on a storm-bound descent.
Annapurna II is not a guided 7000er. Traffic stays on Annapurna I and the trekking circuit below. The page is about the other end of the range: a near-8,000 m peak that was climbed early, then mostly left alone. en.wikipedia.org