Sixty Years After Its Fascinating First Ascent, an Obscure 6,500m Peak Draws Climbers Again » Explorersweb

Sixty Years After Its Fascinating First Ascent, an Obscure 6,500m Peak Draws Climbers Again » Explorersweb

Last week, an unidentified pair of climbers secured a permit to climb Ghenye Liru, a 6,571m peak in Nepal’s Langtang region with only one recorded ascent. This year, it has been harder than ever to get information on climbs in the Himalaya. Among other legwork, we carefully check permit lists shared by Nepal's Department of Tourism -- always at least a week old -- for peaks over 6,000m. In the most recent list, there is an entry for a two-man te…