An Italian Club Alpino Italiano made the first ascent of Bethartoli Himal in 1977.

They approached from the Trisuli Nala and established their Base Camp at 14,100 feet just below the northeast face.

On September 17 Cesare Cesa Bianchi, Maurizio Maggi and Renato Moro starting from Camp III for the summit, reached summit at 1 p.m. An hour later they are followed by the other two members, Marco Tedeschi and Gianluigi Landreani, who had ascended directly from Camp II.

[1] In 1970 in a tragic accident 4 member of an expedition led by Professor Ramesh G. Desai, died in an avalanche while returning from an unsuccessful attempt on the summit.

Samant, Passang Temba and Pemba Tschering survived, but the others, Nitin Patel and 3 Sherpas Ang Kami, Chhawang Phinzo and Gnapa, lost their lives.