Previously Unclimbed 6,250m Peak ‘Lumbo’ Identified in Ganesh Himal After First Certified Ascent
Gorkha, June 30: A previously unclimbed peak named Lumbo has been identified in the Ganesh Himal range of Gorkha district following its first certified ascent by a team of Nepali and American mountaineers.
The 6,250-metre peak is located near the border of Chumanubri and Dharche rural municipalities in the Ganesh Himal range. According to international mountaineering guide Tulsi Singh Gurung, the mountain had remained unclimbed until the recent expedition.
The expedition, organised by the Himalaya Summit Club, successfully reached the summit on June 22 after establishing a new route via the mountain’s south-west face. The ascent followed several days of exploration and technical climbing.
The climbing team comprised Nepali international mountaineering guides Tulsi Singh Gurung, Sujal Gurung, and Ash Bahadur Gurung of Laprak, Gorkha, along with American mountaineer Eric Matthew Sue.
The ascent marks the first certified climb of Lumbo, which lies in Dharche Rural Municipality on the northern edge of the Manaslu Conservation Area, south of the Ganesh Himal range.
According to the team, the peak is situated in a remote valley with no permanent settlements, tea houses or established trekking trails. The expedition began with a four-day trek along the Manaslu trekking route before the team established a base camp at an altitude of 4,150 metres and a high camp at 5,049 metres.
Guide Tulsi Singh Gurung said the team chose to climb via the south-west face after carefully assessing the snow, rock and ice conditions.
Team member Sujal Gurung said it took the climbers around 20 hours to reach the summit from the high camp.
Mountaineering experts note that successfully climbing a peak above 6,000 metres is often considered an important step before attempting expeditions on mountains exceeding 8,000 metres.
With its successful first ascent, Lumbo is expected to emerge as a potential training and acclimatisation peak for climbers preparing to attempt Mount Manaslu, the world’s eighth-highest mountain.
