Bairiga

Bairiga or Ruoni is the highest peak of Kangri Garpo Range of southeast Tibet Autonomous Region.

History

The region has only recently been explored, and before 2009 none of its 47 peaks above 6,000 m had been climbed. Bairiga / Ruoni, which remains unclimbed itself, was photographed for the first time in 1933 by the botanist explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward, at which time it was known as Choembo.
In October 2003, a Japanese team attempted to climb Ruoni I via the northeast ridge. Some progress was made above two different Camp Is but avalanche risk, a huge snow cornice and a 10 day snow fall stopped the team from finding a suitable route to the summit.
In 2009, a Sino-Japanese joint climbing team formed by China [University of Geosciences ] and Kobe University organized an expedition to climb Kangri Garpo II or Ruoni II. On November 5, Deqing Ouzhu and Ciren Danda, Tibetan students with the CUG, were the first to reach the summit, while Koichiro Kondo and Masanori Yazaki scaled the peak two days later. In consultation with a local village leader Kangri Garpo II was renamed Lopchin, meaning "white male hawk".