Galabaire peak

Galabaire peak

Galabaire peak, 7294 meters above sea level, is the 85th highest peak in the world. It is located on the outside of the great bend of the Yarlung Zangbo River and faces Namjagbarwa across the river. The two peaks are only 20 kilometers away. The trend of galabaire peak is East-West arc-shaped, with several branches growing to the South and northwest of the main ridge line, most of which are steep cliffs. There are ten glaciers in the valley. Its top is flat and covered with ice and snow all the year round. Most of the glaciers in this area belong to marine glaciers, which move fast. Due to the influence of temperature and precipitation, and the steep terrain, ice and avalanche are very frequent. The rainy season here is longer, especially in July, August and September. It rains almost every day. At the same time, the cloud cover is also very large, and the peak is covered with clouds all day long.

Although sometimes it is considered to belong to the Himalayas because it is very close to Namjagbarwa, in fact it belongs to the Nyainqentanglha mountains.

summary

Galabaire peak, with an altitude of 7294 meters and a terrain protrusion of 2942 meters, is located in the Linzhi Motuo area of Tibet, China, and the Namjagbarwa peak area outside the great turn of the Yarlung Zangbo River.

geographical position

The Yarlung Zangbo River originates from the ice peak and snow mountain in the western part of the Himalayas, flows eastward along the valley of the northern slope of the Himalayas, and flows to the tail of the eastern part of the Himalayas. It turns southward at the junction of Linzhi, Milin, Motuo and Bomi counties, forming a horseshoe shaped fjord. On the inner side of the gorge, at 95.0 ° E and 29.6 ° n, is Namjagbarwa peak at an altitude of 7782 meters. On the outside of the Fjord, at 95.0 ° E and 29.8 ° n, it is 20km away from Namjagbarwa peak, and across the river, it is galabaire peak with an altitude of 7294m.

Mountain profile

The trend of galabaire peak is East-West arc-shaped, with several branches growing to the South and northwest of the main ridge line, most of which are steep cliffs. There are ten glaciers in the valley. Its top is relatively flat and covered with ice and snow all the year round. Most of the glaciers in this area belong to marine glaciers, which move fast. Due to the influence of temperature and precipitation, and the steep terrain, the natural phenomena of ice and avalanche are very frequent. The rainy season here is longer, and the amount of cloud is also very large. The peak is covered with clouds all day long.

natural environment

The Himalayas, uplifted by the collision between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate, extend from east to west. The central part of the Himalayas protrudes like a "bow" to the south, forming a "earth knot" at the East and West ends. There are 8125 meters of namjagabart (West End) and 7782 meters of namjagabawa (East End), respectively. The Himalayas stretch for more than 2400 kilometers from west to East. At this point, the nyainqentanglah mountains block the Himalayas in the north, and Hengduanshan mountain compresses the Himalayas in the East, resulting in the Lhasa and Bomi arc-shaped fault fold belt in the north and Hengduanshan fault fold belt in the East. The extremely complex geological structure has formed the extremely steep terrain in this area. The Yarlung Zangbo River fjord is developed along a series of fault zones. With the gradual uplift of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, the rivers are cut down correspondingly, making the height difference between the peak and the valley reach 5000-6000 meters, becoming a rare peak valley in the world. Moreover, the river is more than 2800 meters above sea level at the entrance of the fjord to more than 900 meters above sea level at the exit, with a drop of nearly 2000 meters and an average slope of 10%. Therefore, the river is turbulent and roaring. The south side of the great fjord area directly faces the Indian Ocean, and the warm and humid southwest monsoon can go north along the Yarlung Zangbo River, which makes the area affected by the marine climate. The peak valley, abundant precipitation and warm temperature provide good conditions for the vertical zonation of natural geography. On the Bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River at the bottom of the valley is a large area of tropical rain forest, which is shaded from the sun. Above the snow line, it is a piece of ice. It is no exaggeration to say that Namjagbarwa region is a rare "Nature Museum" across tropical and frigid zones. However, for mountaineers, Namjagbarwa is so tyrannical. Namjagbarwa peak, meaning "snow burning like fire.". It is a short axis syncline structure inclined to the north in the compound fold. The mountain body is dominated by gneiss. It mainly has three ridges: Northwest ridge, northeast ridge and South Ridge. The Northeast ridge meanders about 30 kilometers to the Bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River, and there are six rugged peaks more than 6000 meters on the ridge line. Two kilometers away from the South Ridge, there is a Weifeng - naipeng peak, with an altitude of 7043 meters. The pass between them is called "Nanzhu". From naipeng peak, there are two herringbone ridges extending to the southeast and southwest respectively, and two snow peaks of 6936m and 7l46m protruding from the Northwest shanken line. Most of the three slopes of Mt. Namjagbarwa are cut into steep rock cliffs by ice and snow, and the west slope is the most. The bedrock on the slope wall is exposed, and there are many gullies and chutes left by avalanches, and the gorge is covered with huge glaciers.

Climatic characteristics

Most of the glaciers in this area belong to marine glaciers, which move fast. Due to the influence of temperature and precipitation, and the steep terrain, ice avalanches and avalanches are very frequent. The rainy season is long in this region, which generally lasts from May to September, especially in July, August and September. It rains almost every day. At the same time, the amount of cloud is also very large, and the peak is surrounded by clouds all day long. The dry season is from November to April of the next year, and the weather is mainly sunny. February to April and October to November of each year are alternate periods of dry season and rainy season, which is also a good time to choose mountaineering. But at this time, the high altitude wind is strong, the wind speed sometimes reaches 40 m / s, the temperature is - 20 ℃ -- 30 ℃, and the daily temperature changes greatly.

Myths and legends

There is a well-known legend about Namjagbarwa and galabaire. It is said that long ago, God sent Namjagbarwa and galabailei to guard the southeast. His younger brother, galabailei, is diligent and studious, and has excellent martial arts. The longer he grows, the higher he gets. His elder brother, Namjagbarwa, is very jealous. So when the wind was dark and the moon was high, he killed his younger brother and threw his head into the territory of Milin County, turning into mount della. In order to punish Namjagbarwa for his sins, God ordered him to stay by the Yarlung Zangbo River forever and accompany his brother galabaire who was killed by him forever. This myth and legend vividly explains the characteristics of Mt. galabai: the top of Mt. galabai we see today is always round, because it is a headless mountain, and Namjagbarwa probably knows that it is sinful, so it is covered with clouds and fog all the year round.

History of mountaineering

On October 31, 1986, the Japanese mountaineering team succeeded in climbing Mt. galaberet; on October 30, 1992, the Sino Japanese joint mountaineering team also climbed Mt. Namjagbarwa. But so far, Gala has only one successful summit.

Route to the mountain

Starting from Lhasa, travel eastward along the kangzang highway to Bayi Town, with a total distance of 404 km. And then along the south of nyang River, through gangga bridge of Yarlung Zangbo River to Milin County, the journey is 75 km. From Milin County along the Yarlung Zangbo River East 91 km to 3100 meters above sea level. From Pai district along the simple highway 18 km north, through daduka township to gega. Then walk to the mountain climbing base camp of nagabawa, which is 3512 meters above sea level. To climb the kalabar peak, you can go north from gega, straight down the Yarlung Zangbo River to Kala, and then go north from Kala to the base camp at the south foot of kalabar peak. Or from Bayi Town, drive 19 km along the kangzang highway to Linzhi County, 57 km north from Linzhi to Lulang Township, which is 2200 meters above sea level, at the West foot of kalabaleifeng.

Address: Nyingchi City, outside the great bend of the Yarlung Zangbo River, Namjagbarwa peak area

Longitude: 95.063331604004

Latitude: 29.807445526123

Ticket information: free.

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