Upper Darcha Valley, Goat Peak, South Ridge
India, Himachal Pradesh
Author: Lindsay Griffin.
Climb Year: 2015.
Publication Year: 2016.
On September 4 an Indian expedition made the second ascent of Goat Peak via the complete south ridge. The 10-member expedition, under Dipankar Ghosh, had planned to attempt both Peak 6,115m and Peak 6,125m on the Indian Survey map, unaware that the latter was Goat Peak, first climbed in 2013 by a British team (AAJ 2014). The British had climbed the lower south ridge, then made a rising traverse left to the southwest ridge, which they followed to the top, measuring the elevation at 6,080m (GPS). The Indians used fixed ropes throughout their ascent of the full south ridge.
LIndsay Griffin, with information from the Himalayan Club and Andy Nisbet