Himalaya / Manaslu · Nepal
Ngadi Chuli
Peak 29
7,871 m·Independent peak·first ascent 1970
- Elevation
- 7,871 m
- Prominence
- —
- Class
- Independent peak
- Range
- Himalaya / Manaslu
- Countries
- Nepal
- Coordinates
- 28.5033° N / 84.5667° E
- First ascent
- 1970
- Climbed
- Yes
- Guided
- No
Overview
Ngadi Chuli, also Peak 29, stands between Manaslu and Himalchuli in the Mansiri Himal, 7,871 m. It is one of the highest peaks in Nepal and one of the least visited. Confirmed ascents can be counted on one hand.
A Japanese party almost certainly reached the top on 19 October 1970. Hiroshi Watanabe and Lhakpa Tsering left camp around 7,500 m, vanished near the summit for two hours, then fell on the way down and were killed. Camera and ice axe were lost, so the ascent was never proved. Later Japanese attempts failed; three climbers died in 1978. The first confirmed summit was 8 May 1979: Ryszard Gajewski and Maciej Pawlikowski by the west buttress.
Ngadi Chuli is not a training peak for Manaslu. It is the quiet third summit of that massif, with a first-ascent story that is still an argument.