Region: China and Tibet

Dave Wynne-Jones with Steve Hunt, Dick Isherwood & Peter Rowat (October 2007)

Yangmolong (6060m) is one of the few remaining unclimbed 6000m peaks in Sichuan, and only appears to have had one previous ‘official’ attempt. To acclimatise, this team made the first ascent of an unnamed peak of 5598m (GPS reading) between Dangchezhengla (5847m) and Peak 5850, and then a new route from the north on Dangchezhengla, joining the Japanese route at the summit ridge. Then, in deteriorating weather, they made an attempt on the North face of Yangmolong, but found that it was steep and difficult with sérac barriers: nevertheless they reached 5400m before retreating.