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Reo Purgyil
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Reo Purgyil (6,816 m),[3][2] and it's shorter twin known as Leo Pargial[3] or Leo Pargil (6,791 m),[4][5][6] are twin mountain peak at the southern end of the Zanskar Range in the Western Himalaya located on the border between Himachal Pradesh, India and Tibet, China.[7]
Reo Purgyil, is the highest mountain peak in the state of Himachal Pradesh. This dome shaped peak, often obscured by clouds,[5] is part of a great massif that rises above the Sutlej river and overlooks the western valleys of Tibet.[2] The Spiti River, a right bank tributary of the Satluj, drains the northern face of the massif.[8]
Leo Pargial, a well-known slightly shorter twin of Reo Purgyil,[4][5][9] is located about 2 km north of Reo Purgyil.[4]
NH-505 passes by the nearby Nako village located on the slopes of the Reo Purgyil mountain, close to the India-Tibet border.
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Climbing history
- Reo Purgyil
- 1st official ascent (1971) by ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police)[4]
- 2nd ascent (1991) by E. Theophilus and team[4]
- 2018 ascent by Rajsekhar Maity and a Bengali team [10]
- 2022 ascent by 12 members of ITBP led by Deputy Commandant Kuldeep Singh and the Deputy Leader was Deputy Commandant Dharmendra. Reportedly the only successful mountaineering expedition in North India during the COVID-19 pandemic [11]
- Leo Pargial
- Greek-British author and mountaineer, Marco Alexander Pallis, famous for his writings on Tibetan Buddhism, made the first documented ascent of Leo Pargial peak (6790m) in 1933.[12]
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Tourism
Nako, base for the trekking, also has tourist hotels, homestays, restaurants, a lake, Buddhist Gompa.
Transport
NH-505 passes through the nearby Nako.
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