{"id":110838,"date":"2025-12-15T17:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/?p=110838"},"modified":"2025-12-15T23:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:11:20","slug":"first-ascent-of-changla-khang-west-in-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/first-ascent-of-changla-khang-west-in-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"First Ascent of Changla Khang West in Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remote Western Nepal is giving small teams the chance for new routes and unclimbed peaks. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRffj5Okjk9\/?img_index=1\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">See this post on Instagram<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lieber and Hansen have climbed together in Alaska, but this was the first time they paired up in the Himalaya, where Lieber has guided on several 8,000m peaks.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>They trekked to the Lachama Glacier and set up their Base Camp.\u00a0 For the next 10 days, they scouted side valleys for potential objectives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We chose this area after reading about two expeditions that had visited it before, including <a href=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/ramsden-miller-surma-sarovar\/\">Paul Ramsden<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/mick-fowler-and-vic-saunders-now-almost-70-rejoin-for-secret-first-ascent\/\">Mick Fowler<\/a>,&#8221; said Lieber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The British climbers&#8217; new route on Gave Ding&#8217;s North Face in 2015 had earned them a Piolet d&#8217;Or.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>&#8220;Our recon became jumbled in bad weather, and we lost about a week between storms and high winds,&#8221; Lieber explained. &#8220;Days passed by so fast that we ultimately opted for trying Changla Khang West, which had been attempted at least twice before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\">The route<\/h2>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\"attachment_110868\" style=\"width: 802px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110868\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110868\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-03-1.jpeg\" alt=\"A climber on a snow ridge under the sun.\" width=\"792\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-03-1.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-03-1-300x278.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-03-1-700x649.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-03-1-768x712.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-110868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the summit ridge. Photo: Benjamin Lieber<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The team summited in a single day via the southwest ridge. The 1,200m route had a difficulty of WI4, M4. Lieber described the line as follows:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The lower part of the route consisted of scrambly buttresses and steep snow gulleys that led to an incredible snow\/ice ridge. This unbroken ridge took us nearly all the way to the summit, which was guarded by a few rock bands.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It felt like we got off easy with the rock bands when we turned to look inside a chimney to find perfect water ice. After a horrifying top-out at the chimney\u2019s end, we made it to the summit a short time later.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lieber mentioned the stunning summit views toward Nepal, India, and Tibet, including Nanda Devi and Mount Kailash.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\"attachment_110859\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110859\" class=\"wp-image-110859 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-02-525x700.jpeg\" alt=\"Two ice-axes on a snow ridge, mountains in background. \" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-02-525x700.jpeg 525w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-02-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-02-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-02-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Benny-02-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-110859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Views from the ridge. 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