Ge'nyen Massif
{{Short description|Mountain in Sichuan province, China}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Ge'nyen Massif
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| elevation_m = 6204
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=14128|name=Ge'nyen, China|accessdate=2014-08-16}}
| prominence_m = 2000
| prominence_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/china3.html|title=China III - Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces|publisher=Peaklist.org|accessdate=2014-08-16}}
| listing = Ultra-prominent peak
| map = Sichuan
| map_caption = Location
| map_size = 300
| label_position = right
| location = Litang County, Sichuan
| country = China
| range = West Sichuan
| coordinates = {{coord|29.84|N|99.70|E|type:mountain_region:CN-51_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{Cite web |url=http://www.getoutdoors.com/goblog/index.php?%2Farchives%2F1317-Boskoff-and-Fowler-Update-Maps-of-Genyen-Massif-Area.html |title=Get Outdoors - Boskoff and Fowler Update: Maps of Genyen Massif Area - Getoutdoors.com Outdoor Blog |access-date=2019-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331065239/http://www.getoutdoors.com/goblog/index.php?%2Farchives%2F1317-Boskoff-and-Fowler-Update-Maps-of-Genyen-Massif-Area.html |archive-date=2012-03-31 |url-status=dead }}
| first_ascent = 1988 by a Japanese team{{cite web|url=http://jac.or.jp/english/images/vol13/JAPANESE%20ALPINE%20NEWS%20Vol13-115.pdf|title=Unclimbed Summits in Sichuan China 2012 by Tamotsu Nakamura. Retrieved 14 May 2017|publisher=}}
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The Ge'nyen Massif ({{zh|s=格聂峰 |t=格聶峰|p=Géniè Fēng}}; {{bo|t=སྐར་མ་རི་བོ་|w=skar ma ri bo}}), is a mountain in the Shaluli Mountains of western Sichuan province, China. With an elevation of {{convert|6204|m}}, it is the third highest peak in the province. It was first climbed in 1988 by a Japanese team.
The Ge'nyen massif is regarded as the 13th most holy mountain among the 24 holy mountains of Tibetan Buddhism.{{cite web|url=http://www.diversechina.com/show/genyen-mountain-trek.html|title=Free expiration-- Diverse China - qualitied tours , soft adventures , experience the diversity of China.|website=www.diversechina.com|access-date=2011-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402133631/http://www.diversechina.com/show/genyen-mountain-trek.html|archive-date=2012-04-02|url-status=dead}} Lenggu Monastery is located in a steep valley at the base of the mountain's eastern flank.
Ascents
In 1988, the first recorded ascent of the Genyen Massif was made by a Japanese team. They were followed by an Italian group who used a new route on the east face. In autumn 2006, Christine Boskoff (of Mountain Madness adventure company) and Charlie Fowler, another well-known American climber and Mountain Madness guide, went missing near Ge'nyen. It was later determined that they had died in an avalanche while climbing near Lenggu Monastery on Ge'nyen Mountain.{{cite web |url=http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/chris-boskoff |title=Chris Boskoff |newspaper=Rockandice.com |date=July 2010 |first=Jane |last=Courage |accessdate=September 13, 2015 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905085917/http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/chris-boskoff |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E4D7103EF933A25754C0A9619C8B63 |title=WORLD BRIEFING - ASIA - China - Body of Climber Is Found |newspaper=The New York Times |date= July 10, 2007 |first=William |last=Yardley |accessdate= September 13, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.everestnews.com/stories2007/missing07082007.htm |title=Body of Accomplished US Climber Christine Boskoff Found In China |newspaper=Everestnews.com |date=July 9, 2007 |accessdate= September 13, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/24/china.theobserver |title=Fatal accident ... or murder? |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Ed |last=Douglas |date=December 23, 2006 |accessdate= September 13, 2015}}
{{Wide image|Litang Ge'nyen 2014.09.16 09-11-25.jpg|1400px|Ge'nyen}}
See also
References
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Category:Six-thousanders of the Transhimalayas
Category:Mountains associated with Buddhist monasticism
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