Janga (mountain)
Janga | |
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Dzhangi-Tau or Jangi-Tau | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,085 m (16,683 ft) |
Prominence | 335 m (1,099 ft) |
Isolation | 4.41 km (2.74 mi) |
Coordinates | 43°1′5″N 43°3′29″E / 43.01806°N 43.05806°E |
Naming | |
Native name | ჯანღა (Georgian) |
Geography | |
Location | Mestia, Georgia / Russia |
Countries | Russia and Georgia |
Parent range | Caucasus Mountains |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1888 |
Janga or Jangi-Tau or Dzhangi-Tau
History
On September 12, 1888, English climber John Garford Cockin with Swiss guides Ulrich Almer and Christian Roth, were the first to climb East Janga, who had climbed the main ridge a few days earlier, and later - Ushba and Dykh-Tau.[6] The most difficult, 5 B category (Russian Grading) route (south-western wall) was first traced by Georgian mountaineers (Grisha Gulbani - group leader Giorgi Berdzenishvili, Jokia Gugava, Sozar Gugava, Ilo Kavlashvili, Suliko Khabeishvili). The first ascent to the main Janga also belongs to foreign climbers.[7]
On July 23, 1935, they climbed the peak of the north-eastern ridge (5 A category, Russian Grading ) to R. Schwarzgruber (group leader) v. Marini, f. Peringer et al. Thaler. Only one route passes through the Khalde Glacier. In 1965, Givi Kartvelishvili (group leader), Tamaz Bakanidze, Nugzar Bakradze, Besik Bakradze, Tengiz Berishvili and Dimitri Sharashenidze reached the peak of the main wall through the south wall of the USSR championship program. West Janga is the most inaccessible among the peaks of the array.[7]
It cannot be taken from the north due to "frost and avalanche" danger. There are two routes from Khalde Glacier (1960 - Otar Khazaradze, 1964 - I. Reformatorski).[7]
References
- The American Alpine Club2020
- ^ Jangi-Tau, Russia/Georgia peakbagger.com
- ^ Jangi-Tau - West Peak, Russia/Georgia peakbagger.com
- ^ Jangi-Tau - East Peak, Russia/Georgia peakbagger.com
- ^ Dzhangi-Tau. Weather Forecast, Georgia mountain-forecast.com
- Douglas W. Freshfield, The exploration of Caucasus, E. Arnold, 1896, Volume II, pp. 38-58
- ^ a b c Jangha The Olympians Club of Georgia