 Climbers killed on the peak include Britons Ian Clough in 1970 and Alex MacIntyre in 1982, Frenchman in 1992, Kazakh Russian Anatoli Boukreev in 1997, Spaniard Iñaki Ochoa in 2008, and Korean Park Young-seok in 2011.Gangapurna was first climbed May 6, 1965, by a German expedition led by Günther Hauser, via the East Ridge.The summit party comprised 11 members of the expedition.