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NEWS: British First Ascent of Janhukot (6805m) in Garhwal Himalaya

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 UKC News 15 Jun 2018
Malcolm Bass, Paul Figg and Guy Buckingham have made the first ascent of Janhukot (6805m), a remote, unclimbed peak at the upper end of the Gangotri Glacier (Garhwal Himalaya), via a technical route on the south west buttress leading to the 'elegant and complex' south ridge. This remote and difficult to access mountain lies beyond the well-known peak of Shivling (6543m), at the end of the long Gangotri glacier.

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Rain at nearly 6.5k metres? That's crazy. Enjoyed this line though

> At 0700 we decided it was just like Scotland, so felt better.


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