Himalaya / Mahalangur · Nepal · China
Gyachung Kang
7,952 m·Independent peak·first ascent 1964
- Elevation
- 7,952 m
- Prominence
- —
- Class
- Independent peak
- Range
- Himalaya / Mahalangur
- Countries
- Nepal · China
- Coordinates
- 28.0981° N / 86.7450° E
- First ascent
- 1964
- Climbed
- Yes
- Guided
- No
Overview
Gyachung Kang is the high point between Cho Oyu and Everest on the Nepal–Tibet border, 7,952 m. It is tied with Gasherbrum III as the highest mountain that is not an eight-thousander. The gap to the lowest 8000er is only about 100 m, which is why the peak is easy to skip on a height list. Prominence is modest. The position is not: it sits on the same crest as the two most famous mountains on Earth.
A Japanese expedition made the first ascent on 10 April 1964. Y. Kato, K. Sakaizawa, and Pasang Phutar reached the summit; K. Machida and K. Yasuhisa followed the next day. The north face waited until a Slovene party in 1999; Yasushi Yamanoi repeated it in 2002.
Gyachung Kang is not on the Khumbu trade circuit. Parties going to Everest and Cho Oyu look at it and keep walking. On this site it is the highest 7000er in the Everest group.