Deoban

The first ascent of Deoban by Britishers by Frank Smythe's party On 4 August 1937.[4] A twelve-member Indian Military Academy team climbed Deoban 1968.[4] In August 2009 a nine members team of Ordinance Factories Mountaineers & Trekkers from west Bengal Led by Samrat Basu. In the post monsoon season approached Deoban from the Amrit Ganga valley. They established their base camp on the right bank of Amrit Ganga at Eri Udiyar. Camp 3 was established on Upper Bidhan glacier and summit camp at 6320 meter. They climbed the northwest ridge and finally reached via the west ridge. On 28 August Samrat Basu with Ashim Ghosh, Tapas Dey, Prosenjit Bagchi along with 4 high altitude supporters reached the summit.[5]

It is surrounded by glaciers on the both the side Purbi Kamet Glacier, on the northern side and Bidhan Glacier on the southern side. The River Dhauli Ganga emerges from Purbi Kamet Glacier and met Alaknanda river at Vishnu Prayag an 82 km journey from its mouth. Alaknanda river is one of the main tributaries of Ganga.

The neighboring peaks of Deoban:

• Kamet: 7,756 m (25,446 ft)30°55′12″N 79°35′30″E
• Mana Peak: 7,272 m (23,858 ft)30°52′50″N 79°36′55″E
• Mana Northwest: 7,092 m (23,268 ft)30°53′37″N 79°35′57″E
• Bidhan: 6,520 m (21,391 ft)30°51′48″N 79°40′49″E
• Mandir Parbat: 6,559 m (21,519 ft)30°49′40″N 79°36′14″E

• List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand