DHAULAGIRI EXPEDITION DETAILS – 8167M / 26,796 FT
Mount Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest mountain in the world. It is an enormous Himalayan massif, located in north central Nepal. It is the highest mountain located entirely within Nepal. Mount Dhaulagiri’ s crest stretches for thirty miles, lending structure to an otherwise tangled topography of twisting ridges, glaciers, and ice falls. Along the main crest, several pyramid-shaped peaks rise. Four of these summits, numbered from east to west, rise above 25,000 feet.

Mount Dhaulagiri (8167m.) was first climbed by the Swiss in 1960. Its name is derived from Sanskrit ” Dhavala means” means “White” and girl is “Mountain” The mountain was sighted by British surveyors in India in the early 1800s and was mapped by one of the secret Indian surveyors, the pundits, in 1873; but the region remained largely unknown until a Swiss aerial survey in 1949. The French mount Annapurna expedition in 1950 had permission to climb either Annapurna or Dhaulagiri but decided on Annapurna after a reconnaissance of Dhaulagiri. A Swiss party failed in 1953 as did an Argentine group one year later. After four more expeditions had failed, eight members of a Swiss expedition reached the summit in 1960. The climb followed a circuitous route around the mountain from Tukuche, over Dhampus pass.

As French Col, to approach the summit from the North-East Col., The expedition was supplied by a Swiss Pilatus Porter aircraft, the “Yeti” which landed on the North-East Col at 5977m. Near the end of the expedition the plane crashed near Dhampus pass and the pilots, including the famous Emil Wick, walked down the mountain to Tukuche.
Trip Facts

PROGRAM ITINERARY – DHAULAGIRI EXPEDITION

Day 01: Arrival and transfer to Hotel.
Day 02: Preparing Expedition
Day 03: Briefing in Ministry of Tourism
Day 04: Drive by Bus to Beni & Galeshor Camp
Day 05: Beni – Darban – Camp
Day 06: Darbang – Baskot village
Day 07: Baskot village – Bagar – Camp
Day 08: Bagar – Dovan – Camp
Day 09: Dovan – Pina (forest camp) sallaghari
Day 10: Pina (forest) -Italian Base Camp – Camp
Day 11: Italian Base Camp – Dhaulagiri Base camp – Camp
Day 12-39: Climbing Period of Dhaulagiri 8167m. Expedition
Day 40: Prepared for coming back
Day 41: Dhaulagiri Base camp – Yak Khark
Day 42: Yak Khark – Jomsom
Day 43: Fly Jomsom – Pokhara – Kathmandu
Day 44: Kathmandu
Day 45: Final Departure

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