(Back to: Asia, China, Sichuan, Daxue Shan, Minya Konka Range)
Peak ca 6,000m, southwest face, attempt; Jiazi (6,540m), west face, not to summit.
By Pascal Trividic, France
In 2008, during an expedition to the Minya Konka Range (AAJ 2009, pp 350-352), Sébastien Moatti and I climbed a nameless summit of 5,200m in the Tshiburongi Valley north of Riuchi Gongga. While making this ascent, I noticed a towering granite wall rising from just beyond the base of the Tshiburongi Glacier. With its image burned into my mind, I returned in 2009 to tackle it with French guides Pierre Labbre, Rémi Sfilio, and Baptiste Rostaing-Puissant. We established camp on October 3 at the foot of the Tshiburongi moraine. This would be our base for the next 22 days…. (read more)
