Siyini isifinyezo somlando wokukhuphuka kweGurla Mandhata?
Context:Ngo-1905, uT. G. Longstaff, ephelezelwa abaqondisi ababili bezintaba nabathwali abayisithupha, wazama ukuhlasela iGurla Mandhata. Babuyela emuva cishe ebangeni elingamamitha angu - 7 000 ngemva kokubanjwa yi - avalanche futhi babhekana nobunye ubunzima. Lokhu kwakuyimpumelelo enkulu ngaleso sikhathi, ikakhulukazi eqenjini elincane kangaka; ngaleso sikhathi kwakungakaze kufinyelelwe isiqongo esingaphezu kwamamitha angu-7 000 futhi ukuphakama kukaLongstaff kwakumelela irekhodi lomhlaba wonke lokuphakama.  Ngo-1935, umfundi waseVienna, uHerbert Tichy, owayezifihle njengomhambi wamaNdiya, waya entabeni engcwele iKailash. Endleleni, wazama ukuhlasela iGurla Mandhata nomunye wabaphathi bakhe, uKitar. Afinyelela ukuphakama kwamamitha angu - 23 400 lapho aphindiselwa khona emuva yiqhwa elisha nesimo sezulu esibi.  Ngo-1955 le ntaba yayiyindawo okwakuhloswe ukuba ihambe kuyo i-Welsh Himalayan Expedition yokuqala, eyayiholwa uSydney Wignall. Lolu hambo, olwaluxhaswe yi-Liverpool Daily Post, lwaluhloselwe ukufinyelela esiqongweni seGurla Mandata futhi lutshale amafulegi amathathu: iWelsh Dragon, ifulegi leRiphabhulikhi yaseChina esanda kugumbuqelwa kanye neJolly Roger. Ngaphambi kokuba ukugibela kuqale, leli qembu laboshwa amasosha aseChina abopha futhi ahlukumeza abagibeli izinyanga ezimbili ngaphansi kwenkolelo yokuthi babeyizinhloli ze-CIA (eqinisweni uWignall wayethembise ukuhlola i-India).  Ukukhuphuka kokuqala kwalesi siqongo kwenziwa iqembu elihlangene lamaJapane namaShayina elaliholwa uKatsutoshi Hirabayashi, ngasohlangothini olusenyakatho lwalesi siqongo, ngoMeyi 1985. Kusukela ngalesosikhathi, kuye kwaba nezinye izinyathelo eziyisithupha eziphumelelayo zokuqwala kanye nemizamo emibili engaphumelelanga yokufinyelela esiqongweni.  Ngo-1997, kwenziwa umzamo wokukhuphukela esiqongweni ngomzila owawungafinyeleleki ngaleso sikhathi i-North Face nguQuinn Simons, uSoren Peters, kanye nomqondisi wabo, uCharlie Fowler. Leli qembu lenza umzamo oqotho, likhuphukela phezulu entabeni, kodwa ngemva kwezivunguvungu ezinzima nezinye izinkinga kwadingeka lihlehle. Ukwehla kwabo kwaphela ngokuwa ngamamitha angaba ngu-450 phansi eNyakatho yeNtaba. UFowler walimala kancane, kuyilapho uSimons noPeters bobabili bevaleleke kakhulu emakhazeni.  Indlela ejwayelekile yokukhuphuka inyuka izinhlangothi ezisentshonalanga yentaba inyuka i-Chaglung'mlungha Glacier iye endaweni ephakeme. Amaqembu amaningi akhetha ukuya entabeni ngezinqola ezisuka eLhasa, eTibet, noma eKathmandu, eNepal. Nokho, enye indlela ehlukile iqala edolobhaneni elisezintabeni laseSimikot, eNepal, esifundeni esicezile saseHumla entshonalanga yeNepal futhi ilandela uMfula iKarnali iye ngasenyakatho, iwele iye eTibet (eChina) edolobhaneni laseSher. AmaJeep abe esedlulisela abagibeli enyakatho ngeTaklakot (Burang) ekamu eliyisisekelo entabeni.
Umzamo wokuqala wokukhuphuka kweGurla Mandhata kwenzeka ngo-1905. U-T. G. Longstaff, ephelezelwa abaqondisi ababili basezintabeni nabathwali abayisithupha bafinyelela ezingeni elingamamitha angu-23 000 kodwa kwadingeka ukuba baphenduke ngenxa ye-avalanche nezinye izinkinga. Umzamo wesibili wenziwa ngo-1935 ngumfundi waseVienna, uHerbert Tichy kanye nomthwali oyedwa. Bafinyelela ukuphakama kwamamitha angu-23 000 kodwa baphenduka ngenxa yeqhwa elisha nesimo sezulu esibi. Ukuphumelela kokuqala kwenzeka ngo-1985 eqenjini elihlangene lamaJapane namaShayina elaliholwa uKatsutoshi Hirabayashi ohlangothini olusenyakatho lwale ntaba. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, kuye kwaba nezinye izinyathelo eziyisithupha zokukhuphuka eziphumelelayo nemizamo emibili engaphumelelanga yokufinyelela esiqongweni.