Dhaulagiri 8167meters Expedition autumn 2025

Mount Dhaulagiri (8167m) was climbed for the first time by Swiss in 1960. The name White Mountain is derived from the Sanskrit words "Dhavala" meaning white and "Giri" meaning mountain. One of the Indian surveyors, the pundits, mapped this mountain in 1873 after it was sighted by British surveyors in early 1800 AD. An aerial survey made by the Swiss in 1949, however, led to the mountain becoming popular. Following a reconnaissance of Dhaulagiri in 1950, the French decided to climb Annapurna instead of Dhaulagiri. One year later, an Argentine group tried but failed, followed by a Swiss party in 1953. Following a circuitous route around the mountain from Tukuche, over the Damps pass, a Swiss expedition reached the summit in 1960. The French expedition failed to reach the summit from the North-East Col, so a Swiss Pilatus Porter aircraft, the "Yeti," landed on the North-East Col at 5977 meters to assist them. Just before the end of the expedition, the plane crashed near Dhampus Pass. Among the famous pilots, Emil Wick walked down the mountain to Tukuche. An avalanche on the eastern Dhaulagiri Glacier in 1969 killed seven members of a U.S. expedition team. In 1970, Japanese climbers reached the summit of this mountain. 1973 and 1976 were the years when the Americans and Italians climbed. A Pilatus Porter aircraft carrying Captain Emil Wick airdropped two bottles of wine and a live chicken to the US expedition team. As the Sherpa would not allow the chicken to be killed on the mountain, the chicken became the expedition pet. It was carried to Marpha with snow-blind and crippled feet, and then eaten up in the cooking pot.