Abi Gamin - Abi Gamin

Japanese: アビ・ガミン - あびがみん
Abi Gamin - Abi Gamin

…It is well known that Everest, which was recognized as the highest mountain in the world in 1852, was named after G. Everest, who served as the Surveyor General from 1830 to 1843. In the middle of the 19th century, more academic expeditions were carried out, mainly by botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, who explored Sikkim (1848-50), followed by the German brothers Schlaginthwaite, who explored the western Himalayas and Karakoram widely (1854-57), climbing Abi Gamin (7,355 m) in Garhwal to 6,784 m. The first person to attempt Himalayan mountaineering was the British WW Graham, who, accompanied by an Alpine guide, attempted to climb mountains in Sikkim, Garhwal, and other places in 1883, claiming to have climbed present-day Changabang (6,864 m), but this has been denied by Himalayan researchers. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Abi Gamin" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…1852年に世界の最高峰と確認されたエベレストの名が,1830‐43年に測量局長官を務めたG.エベレストにちなむ名であることはよく知られている。19世紀の半ばには,より学術的な探検を主として植物学者フッカーJoseph Dalton Hookerがシッキムを踏査(1848‐50),次いでドイツのシュラーギントワイト兄弟が西部ヒマラヤとカラコルムを広く踏査(1854‐57)し,ガルワールのアビ・ガミン(7355m)の6784mまで登高した。 ヒマラヤ登山を目的とした最初の人物はイギリスのW.W.グレアムで,1883年にアルプスのガイドを伴って,シッキムやガルワールなど各地の山を試登,現在のチャンガバン(6864m)に登ったと主張したが,これはヒマラヤ研究家たちによって否定されている。…

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