Kamet
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Kamet is the second highest mountain in the Garhwal region of India; Nanda Devi (7,816m) is the highest. Kamet was the first mountain over 25,000 ft (7,620m) of the Himalaya to be climbed.
While attempts to climb Kamet began in 1855, the first ascent was not made until 1931 by Frank Smythe, Eric Shipton, R.L. Holdsworth and Lewa Sherpa of a British-Nepalese expedition.
The standard route begins from the East Kamet Glacier (camps I and II) with steep gulley climbs to the north and onto the camp III glacier. From there up the rock wall to the left of the glacier falling from camp IV, then a broken glacier fall up to camp V finishing with steep snow, possibly icy, to the summit.
External link
- Kamet on Peakware (http://www.peakware.com/encyclopedia/peaks/kamet.htm)