Asia, China, Lalaga Ri Attempt
Publication Year: 1986.
Lalaga Ri Attempt. A nine-man Japanese expedition led by Yutaka Yasui failed to ascend unclimbed Lalaga Ri (6666 meters, 21,870 feet), which lies in Tibet 14 miles northwest of Shishapangma. Base Camp was established at 4900 meters on May 4, Advance Base at 5200 meters on May 7 and Camp I at 5500 meters on May 8. On May 9 Toshinori Takahashi and Hisashi Goto started up the northeast ridge and bivouacked at 6100 meters. On the 10th they fixed 200 meters of rope as they climbed a rock ridge to gain an easy snow ridge at 6400 meters, but the summit was still too far and they had to return. More details and a photograph appear in Iwa To Yuki, N° 112.