Labuche Kang (or Lapche Kang, Lobuche Kang I, Choksiam) is a northern outlier of the

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inside Tibet. It rises northwest of

Rolwaling Himal Rolwāling Valley ( ne, रोल्वालिङ् भ्याली. ), knows as a (Gaurishankar) rural municipality, is a section of the Himalayas in east-central Nepal along the Tibet border. Rolwaling Himal includes Melungtse 7181m and ...

and east of

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. The peak belongs to a little-known section of the Himalaya variously called Labuche Himal, Pamari Himal and Lapchi Kang. that extends from the valley of the Tamakosi River west to the valley of the

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and

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pass where Arniko- Friendship Highway cross the Himalaya. This section extends south into Nepal east of Arniko Highway. It is wholly within the catchment of the Kosi, a

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tributary. Labuche Kang was first climbed in 1987 by a

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- Japanese expedition, via the West Ridge. No other attempts are recorded until September 2010 when American climber Joe Puryear fell to his death during an unsuccessful attempt.Puryear's accident

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