A polish team climbed northwest face of Rishi Kot, on September 9, 1979. Tadeusz Karolczak and Ryszard Pawlowski made the first ascent of northwest face of the ice-covered Rishi Kot (6236 meters, 20,460 feet). A technically difficult and steep, 5000 ft high wall. The alpine-style climb took them 16 hours to reach the summit, reaching ten P.M. The pair spent the night on the summit.Descending the next morning to Base Camp. Chris Bonington and Dougal Haston during their 1974 Changabang expedition attempted the impressive ice-face on the W side had nearly climbed but retreated several hundred meters below the summit. In 1978 the Brown University expedition also unsuccessfully attempted this face.