Rishi Kot
| Rishi Kot | |
|---|---|
  Rishi Kot Location in Uttarakhand | |
| Highest point | |
Garhwal Himalaya | |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | In 1968 N.D.A. Khadakvasla Led by Ft. Lt. V.P. Singh. |
Rishi Kot is a mountain of the
Climbing history
In 1968 N.D.A. Khadakvasla venture in to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in Kumaon Himalaya. Led by Ft. Lt. V.P. Singh. They climbed three different peaks in the Rhamani Glacier. One of them is Rishi Kot climbed by the third party led by Lt. Mohindra the other members in the team are Nanda, Bhasin, Randhawa, Roy, Sherpa Instructor Pasang Temba, Sherpa Mingma Wangdi and four porters they summits on June 14. The three peaks were named Dl, D2 and D3 by the expedition team D3 is already marked on the Survey of India Sheet 53 as Rishi Kot.[4] 11
A Polish team climbed northwest face of Rishi Kot, on September 9, 1979. Tadeusz Karolczak and Ryszard Pawlowski made the first ascent of northwest face of the ice-covered Rishi Kot (6236 meters, 20,460 feet). A technically difficult and steep, 5000 ft high wall. The alpine-style climb took them 16 hours to reach the summit, reaching ten P.M. The pair spent the night on the summit. Descending the next morning to Base Camp. Chris Bonington and Dougal Haston during their 1974 Changabang expedition attempted the impressive ice-face on the W side had nearly climbed but retreated several hundred meters below the summit. In 1978 the Brown University expedition also unsuccessfully attempted this face.[1][5]
Glaciers and rivers
Neighboring peaks
Neighboring peaks of Maiktoli:
- Nanda Devi: 7,816 m (25,643 ft)30°55′12″N 79°35′30″E / 30.92000°N 79.59167°E
- Trisul: 7,120 m (23,360 ft)30°18′36″N 79°46′12″E / 30.31000°N 79.77000°E
- Changabang: 6,864 m (22,520 ft)30°30′00″N 79°55′37″E / 30.50000°N 79.92694°E
- Devistan I: 6,678 m (21,909 ft)30°20′24″N 79°52′48″E / 30.34000°N 79.88000°E
- Devtoli: 6,788 m (22,270 ft)30°17′09″N 79°51′12″E / 30.28583°N 79.85333°E
- Maiktoli: 6,803 m (22,320 ft)30°16′24″N 79°52′18″E / 30.27333°N 79.87167°E
See also
- List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand
References
- ^ a b "AAC Publications - Asia, India–Garhwal, Rishi Kot, Northwest Face, 1976". publications.americanalpineclub.org. 23 (55). 1981. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Rishi Kot". PeakVisor. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "AAC Publications - The Goddess Nanda and Place Names of the Nanda Devi Region". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "N.D.A. EXPEDITION TO THE KUMAON HIMALAYAS, 1968 : Himalayan Journal vol.28/16". www.himalayanclub.org. 28. 1968. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1975_files/AJ%201975%20154-159%20Scott%20Changabang.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Node: Reni (7833070518)". OpenStreetMap. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ "Devprayag | Times of India Travel". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.