Minya Konka

Proper noun

Minya Konka

1. A mountain in Garzê, Sichuan, China.
   • Among the dozens of brilliant projects they initiated, three stand out today as hallmarks in the history of mountaineering: the first ascent, in 1932, of Minya Konka, the storied Chinese mountain rumored to be higher than Everest; the first ascent, in 1936, of Nanda Devi, in India, which remained...1993 [1981 January], David Roberts, “Pioneers of Mountain Exploration: The Harvard Five”, in Jonathan Waterman, editor, Cloud Dancers: Portraits of North American Mountaineers, 1st edition, AAC...
   • In 1932 he was a member of a party of Americans who climbed the 24,900-foot Minya Konka in China near its border with Tibet. At the time, the group had climbed higher than any Americans on any mountain.1993 November 10, “Terris Moore, Educator And an Adventurer, 85”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Obituaries