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The
Nun Kun mountain massif comprises a pair of Himalayan peaks:
Nun, 7,135 m (23,409 ft) and its neighbor peak Kun, 7,077 m
(23,218 ft). Nun is the highest peak in the part of the
Himalayan range lying on the Indian side of the Line of
Control in Jammu and Kashmir. (There are higher peaks in the
Indian part of the Karakoram range.) The massif is located
near the Suru valley which is about 250 km east of Srinagar,
the state capital.
Kun is located to the north of Nun and is separated from it by
a snowy plateau of about 4 km in length. Pinnacle Peak, 6,930
m (22,736 ft), is the third highest summit of the group. Nun
Kun is is governed by two icy pyramid peaks, Nun and
Kun. Nun is the higher of the two peaks, and is the highest
mountain in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is
located only sixty miles east of Srinagar, the capital city.
Its slightly lower sister peak, Kun, is located two miles
north, separated by a high snowy plateau. |
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Nun |
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Nun
(7,135m) is one of the highest peak of Suru valley which is
located in Zanskar Himalayas. The massif is located near the
Suru Valley which is about 250 km east of Srinagar, the capital
of Kashmir. Due to quick access from Leh to base camp and the
ease with which a climbing permit can now be obtained. The most
frequented climbing area, the Nun-Kun massif comprises of
several peaks, chief among them being Nun (7,135m) and Kun
(7,077 m). Nun is approachable both from Tangol (70 km. from
Kargil) and Gulmatongo (110 km.from kargil). Some attempts are
also made from Parkachik (90 km south of kargil) along the
parkachik glacier. The base camp can be reached after a day's
trek from both Gulmatongo and Tangol. |
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Kun |
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Kun
(7,077m) is one of the highest peak of Suru valley which is
located in Zanskar Himalayas. The Kun is located north of Nun
and is separated from it by a snowy plateau of about 4 km in
length. Kun is accessible from Gulmatongos which is about 110
km. from kargil. Some attempts are also made from Parkachik
which is about 90 kms south of kargil along the parkachik
glacier. The base camp can be reached after a two day's trek
from both Gulmatongus. |
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Early exploration of the massif included a visit in 1898
and three visits by Arthur Neve, in 1902, 1904, and 1910.
In 1903, Dutch mountaineer Dr. H. Sillem investigated the
massif and discovered the high plateau between the peaks;
he reached at an elevation of 6,400 m on Nun. In 1906,
noted explorer couple Fanny Bullock Workman and her
husband William Hunter Workman, claimed an ascent of
Pinnacle Peak. They also toured widely through the massif
and produced a map; however, argument enclosed the
Workmans' claims, and few trigonometrical points were
given for the region, so that the map they produced was
not usable.
After unsuccessful attempts to climb the mountain in 1934,
1937, and 1946 the first climb of Nun was in 1953 by a
French-Swiss-Indian-Sherpa team led by Bernard Pierre and
Pierre Vittoz, via the west ridge. The summit pair
encompassed Vittoz, a Moravian missionary to the Tibetans
and an experienced alpinist, and Claude Kogan, a
pioneering female mountaineer. Since then, other routes
have been established. The north-west face was first
ascended on October 27. and 28., 1976 by seven climbers
from a Czech expedition, led by F. Čejka. The first
British ascent was made by Steve Berry and friends via the
east ridge in 1981 (his father had attempted Nun in 1946).
Italian mountaineer Mario Piacenza made the first ascent
of Kun in 1913, via the north-east ridge. Fifty-eight
years passed before the second recorded attempt on the
peak, which resulted in a successful ascent by an
expedition from the Indian Army.
The massif is most suitably accessed from the road
connecting Kargil and Leh.The climbing in the region
extends from early June to October , the main climbing
period being June-August when most of the Himalayas
elsewhere remain unreachable due to the monsoon, while the
Ladakh Himalayas are unaffected. |
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