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4900m, camp 2 at 5300m and camp 3 at 6000m. A four-man team of the Oread Mountaineering Club, Robin Beadle, Bobby Gilbert, Rob Tresidder and Pete Scott climbed Kharchakund on 18 September 1987. They made an alpine-style ascent of Kharcha Kund's N ridge. They made six bivouacs between 5000m and 6000m before their summit day.
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and Toshiharu Hashimoto. They climbed Kharchakund from the west ridge a side ridge of the north ridge. On 30 May the second party also reached the summit they are Sueo Miyahara, Kaoru Ueno, Yoshiki Yamanaka and Masao Mizuno. They established three camps in between the summit. Camp 1 at a height of
199:, India. The elevation of Kharchakund is 6,612 metres (21,693 ft) and its prominence is 835 metres (2,740 ft). It is 64th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. 670: 675: 530: 114: 606: 665: 71: 203:, is the highest mountain in this category. It is surrounded by Gangotri Glacier and Ghanoim Bamak. Its nearest higher neighbor 28: 634: 64: 493: 457: 421: 385: 349: 313: 277: 251:
one of the main tributaries of river Ganga. which later joins Alaknanda river the other main tributaries of river
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On 29 May 1980 a Japanese team climbed Kharchakund. The first summiteers of this mountain are
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lies from the northern side to eastern side of Kharchakund. On the western side lies
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6,831 metres (22,411 ft) lies 6.4 km WNW. It is located 1.2 km NNE of
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6,351 metres (20,837 ft) and 10.7 km east lies
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Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
30°46′50″N 79°07′44″E / 30.78056°N 79.12889°E / 30.78056; 79.12889
Kharchakund is located in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
India
Parent range
Garhwal Himalaya
First ascent
Garhwal Himalaya
Uttarakhand
Nanda Devi
Kedarnath Dome
Sumeru Parbat
Janhukut
Yoshitaka Tanimura
Gangotri Glacier
Ghanohim Bamak
Yeonbuk Bamak
Bhagirathi River
Ganga
Dev Prayag
Chaukhamba I
30°44′59″N 79°17′28″E / 30.74972°N 79.29111°E / 30.74972; 79.29111
Bhagirathi I
30°51′00″N 79°08′57″E / 30.85000°N 79.14917°E / 30.85000; 79.14917
Kedarnath Peak
30°47′42″N 79°04′10″E / 30.79500°N 79.06944°E / 30.79500; 79.06944

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