Finding the mountain firstSourced
The expedition could not find its mountain
Gangkhar Puensum in Bhutan rises to 7,570 metres. An account of the 1980s expeditions describes the first team being unable to locate the mountain because maps placed it inaccurately.
Before a route to the summit came a problem with the map.
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