APPENDIX 1

SOME
MAJOR PEAKS AND THEIR INDIAN
CLIMBERS

Name of the Peak
Height (ft)
Location Name of the Leader
Climbers
Year

1
2
3
4
5
6

Mt. Everest
29,028
Nepal
Sir John Hunt
' Tenzing Hillary,
1953

Lt Comdr, M.S.
Nawang Gomboee,
1965

Kohli
Capt, A.S. Cheema,

Sonam Gyatse, Sonam

Wamgyal, CP, Vohra,

Ang Kami, Capt. H.S.

Ahluwalia, H.C.S. Rawat

Phu Dorjee

Dhaulagiri
26,807
Nepal-Tibet

border

ChoOyu
26,867
Nepal-Tibet
KF Bunshah
Sonam Gyatse and

border
Pasang Dawa
others

Manashi
26,688
Nepal

Nanga Parvat
26,658
Kashmir

Annapurna I
26,504
Western Nepal

II
25,041

Nanda Devi
25,645
Kumaon
Maj, N. Kumar
Nawang Gombu, Dawa
1964

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Norbu