Location:
Into the unknown

There are very few mountain ranges left in the World that are unclimbed, unexplored. We have discovered one such range in the mountain fastness of Ladakh in the top North West corner of India. The highest peak in the range is 6789 metres and there are a dozen more peaks in the 6000 metre range around a complex glacier system. From distant photographs and maps based on satellite observations the peaks appear technically challenging.
The name of the mountain group is Arganglas and the site of our base camp is marked on the map with that name. We believe it might have been derived as follows.
ARGHAN is a community which has grown in Ladakh through co habitation of Ladakhi women with traders from Kashmir and Yarkand. Many Arghans still live in Leh. They are Muslims and generally are traders or graziers.
Ganglas is a higher ground : or grazing ground.
Hence it appears that there may be a legend where ARGHANS used this particular ground for grazing or even living 0n throughout the year, as they were generally not acceptable to the local villagers.