Anglo Irish Singekang Expedition 2010

The much awaited clearance from Home Department and the final clearance from IMF..we now have it all. But guess what..the embassies do not seem to have a clue...regarding issuing X- Visa...bureaucracy blues...But you know what? The Anglo-Irish Expedition to Singekang ( Led by Alan Tees)is happening..and thats all that matters...:-)

Approach: We want to drive up to the road head village of Mane Yongma from Kaza (the head quarters of Spiti). After that we will follow the trail towards Needang (shown in the map). After crossing Pomrang, we will follow the stream coming from our true right and enter the Singekang valley. This valley has no name as of now, but I am just calling it Singekang valley as the peak (6009m) at the very head of this valley is called Singekang according to my map.

PLAN:
Drive Delhi to Manali and then further to Kaza and Mane village the road head.TREK VIA POMRANG AND FOLLOWING THE STREAM COMING FROM THE GLACIER DUE WEST OF SINGEKANG PEAK. DEPENDING ON TERRAIN AND CONDITIONS; HOPE TO ESTABLISH A BASE DUE NORTH OF PEAK 5850M AND SSW OF PEAK POH 5757M

CLIMBING POTENTIAL:

LIST OF PEAKS IN THIS VALLEY:
1- PEAK 5850M
2- PEAK 6223M
3- PEAK 6091M
4- PEAK SINGEKANG- 6009M
5- PEAK 5841M
6- PEAK 5888M
7- PEAK 5836M
8- PEAK 5796M
9-PEAK POH- 5757M

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