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04/43 - British Nganglong Kangri
John Town with Derek Buckle, Ms Toto Gronlund and Martin Scott (August-September 2004)
Continuing the leader's exploration of remote areas of Tibet, this year's project took him and his companions from Kathmandu 1500km by road to Rutok County (Ngari Province) in the far west, where there are some 35 glaciers (two over 6 km in length) and more than 40 peaks over 6000m. They were successful in making the first ascent of both summits of the highest mountain, Nganglong Kangri by routes graded PD and F. Although the 'map height' of the highest is 6596m, they recorded two separate GPS readings of 6710m.
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