Shipton–Tilman Nanda Devi expeditions
| Nanda Devi | |
|---|---|
Nanda Devi photographed in 1936 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,816 m (25,643 ft) |
| Coordinates | 30°22′33″N 79°58′15″E / 30.37583°N 79.97083°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | नन्दा देवी (Hindi) |
| Geography | |
| Location | Chamoli District, Uttarakhand, India |
| Parent range | Garhwal Himalaya |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 29 August 1936 by Noel Odell and Bill Tilman |
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The Shipton–Tilman Nanda Devi expeditions took place in the 1930s. Nanda Devi is a Himalayan mountain in what was then the Garhwal District in northern India, just west of Nepal, and at one time it was thought to be the highest mountain in the world.
Nanda Devi is surrounded by a ring of mountains enclosing the Sanctuary which, despite decades of attempts, no one had been able to enter. In 1934 Eric Shipton, Bill Tilman and their three accomplished Sherpas succeeded in finding a climbing route into the Sanctuary via the Rishi Ganga gorge. Then in 1936 Tilman and Noel Odell, as part of an American–British team, climbed to the 25,643-foot (7,816 m) summit making Nanda Devi the highest mountain ever to have been climbed at that time.
It was only in 1950 that a higher summit was reached when Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal climbed Annapurna. Nanda Devi itself was climbed for the second time in 1964.