The Dhaulagiri also known as "The White Mountain" is quite easily recognized because of its unique, mound
shape when seen from treks that leave from Pokhara. Lying in the north-west of Pokhara, this peak first attracted the French expedition that came to Nepal in 1950. Led by Maurice Herzog, the mountaineers looked up at this formidable peak and decided it was impossible to climb and turned their attention to Annapurna I, which they subsequently climbed. It was the dicovery of Dhaulagiri's height in 1809 that brought to light the fact that the Himalayan range of mountains was higher than the Andes in South America. At the time, the Europeans assumed Dhaulagiri was the highest mountain in the world.
Numerous attempts were made at climbing this peak in 1950s, but none were successful. Argentineans, Shiss and German climbers were competing with each other to reach the summit first. Finally on 13th May 1960, a Swiss Expedition led by Max Eiselin succeeded and put six climbers on the summit. Among them was Kurt Diemberger.
This was the 13th eight-thousander to be climbed; there were 13 members on the expedition and they summited on the 13th. Nawang Dorjee who was part of the expedition became the first Nepali to climb Dhaulagiri.
Numerous attempts were made at climbing this peak in 1950s, but none were successful. Argentineans, Shiss and German climbers were competing with each other to reach the summit first. Finally on 13th May 1960, a Swiss Expedition led by Max Eiselin succeeded and put six climbers on the summit. Among them was Kurt Diemberger.
This was the 13th eight-thousander to be climbed; there were 13 members on the expedition and they summited on the 13th. Nawang Dorjee who was part of the expedition became the first Nepali to climb Dhaulagiri.
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