Namcha Barwa

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  • enPR: nǔmʹchǔ bǔrʹvǔ

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Namcha Barwa

  1. A mountain in Mêdog, Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
    • 1985 March 7, Michael Kernan, “Call of the Climb”, in The Washington Post[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 September 2023[2]:
      Today, with nearly all the great peaks already climbed (except Namcha Barwa, 25,700 feet, which the Chinese are reserving for themselves, having tried and failed three times so far), mountaineers try for new and harder routes, as well as faster times, forever narrowing the safety margin.

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