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joint expedition reached 7,460 metres (24,480 ft) in 1991 but lost member
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British surveyors but the area remained virtually unvisited until Chinese alpinists began attempting the peak in the 1980s. Although they scouted multiple routes, they did not reach the summit. In 1990 a Chinese-Japanese expedition reconnoitered the peak. Another
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Namcha Barwa Himal range, runs 180 km diagonally from bottom left to top right corner, surrounded by the
Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra River). Naamcha Barwa peak is in the top right at the end of the range. Gyala Peri peak in the Nyenchen Tanglha Shan range is just 20 km northwest of Naamcha
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Tsangpo gorge and block the river, which will then turn aside and flow over the Doshong La . This is recorded in a book by some fabulous person whose image may be seen in the little
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812:"China Japan joint expedition to Namcha Barwa 1992"
613:"Exploration on the Tsangpo or upper Brahmaputra"
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719:2016-03-28
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572:2014-06-01
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386:Gyala Peri
361:Great Bend
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127:Geography
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355:Location
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