Asia, Nepal, Gangapurna

Publication Year: 1986.

Gangapurna. A Polish expedition led by Wojciech Maslowski climbed Gangapurna by the east ridge, placing four high camps on the mountain, the highest at 6800 meters. They sent three teams to the summit: on October 23 Kazimierz Kiszka, Ryszard Knapczyk and Canadian Pierre Bergeron; on October 24 Jan Orlowski, Zbigniew Platek and Andrzej Samolewicz; on October 26 leader Maslowski and Janusz Hariasz.

Michael J. Cheney, Himalayan Club, and Elizabeth Hawley