[3] The first ascent by a team of British mountaineers, Malcolm Bass, Paul Figg and Guy Buckingham made the summit on 6 June 2018 of the previously unclimbed peak via a route up its southwest buttress then southern ridge.

In 2004 Bass and Figg, who reached 6,000 meters on the southwest buttress The first significant progress made by any team along with teammate Andy Brown.

On the same expedition, New Zealanders Pat Deavoll and Marty Beare climbed the main couloir on the peak's west face to reach 6,400 meters.

[4] Prior to the June 6th 2018 summit, In 2014, Bass returned again with Simon Yearsley and climbed the southwest buttress, reaching the crest of the south ridge at 6,640 meters.

From the Maiandi Bamak and Gangotri glaciers emerges Bhagirathi river and on the other side Satopanth Bamak and Bhagirathi kharak glacier, emerges Alaknanda river two main tributaries of Ganga.