Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Muna 1802, vokuBritain vakatanga basa rinonzi Great Trigonometric Survey of India kuti vaone nzvimbo, kukwirira, uye mazita emakomo akakwirira kupfuura mamwe ose pasi pano. Vachitanga kumaodzanyemba kweIndia, mapoka okuongorora akaenda kuchamhembe vachishandisa matehodolite mahombe, rimwe nerimwe richirema makirogiramu 500 uye richida varume 12 kuti vatakure, kuti vaone urefu nenzira yakarurama sezvinobvira. Vakasvika pamakomo eHimalaya kuma1830s, asi Nepal yakanga isingadi kubvumira maBritish kupinda munyika nemhaka yokufungira kurwiswa kwezvematongerwe enyika uye kubatanidzwa kunobvira. Zvikumbiro zvinoverengeka zvevaongorori kuti vapinde muNepal zvakarambwa. VaBritain vakamanikidzwa kupfuurira nokucherechedza kwavo kubva kuTerai, nharaunda iri kumaodzanyemba kweNepal iyo yakafanana neHimalaya. Mamiriro ezvinhu muTerai akanga akaoma nemhaka yemvura zhinji uye marariya. Vatariri vatatu vakafa nemarariya nepo vamwe vaviri vaifanira kuenda pamudyandigere nemhaka yehutano hwakakundikana. Kunyange zvakadaro, muna 1847, vaBritain vakapfuurira kuongorora ndokutanga kunyatsocherechedza misoro yeHimalaya kubva kunzvimbo dzokucherechedza kusvika ku 240 km (150 mi) kure. Mamiriro okunze aiita kuti basa riitwe mumwedzi mitatu yokupedzisira yegore. Muna November 1847, Andrew Waugh, Muongorori Mukuru weBritain weIndia akaita zviono zvinoverengeka kubva pachiteshi cheSawajpore kumugumo wokumabvazuva kweHimalaya. Kangchenjunga panguva iyoyo yairangarirwa kuva gomo rakakwirira zvikurusa munyika, uye nefariro, akacherekedza gomo riri shure kwaro, anenge makiromita 230 (140 mi) kure. John Armstrong, mumwe wavashandi vaWaugh, akaonawo gomo racho kubva kune rimwe nzvimbo riri kumadokero ndokuzoritumidza kuti gomo "b". Waugh aizonyora gare gare kuti kucherekedza kwakaratidza kuti gomo "b" rakanga rakakwirira kupfuura Kangchenjunga, asi nemhaka yokureba kukuru kwezvakacherechedzwa, kucherekedza kwepedyo kwakanga kuchidiwa kuti zvive nechokwadi. Gore rakatevera, Waugh akatumira mukuru mukuru weongororo kuTerai kuti aongorore zvakanyanya pamusoro pe "b", asi makore akavhiringidza kuedza kwake. Muna 1849, Waugh akatumira James Nicolson kunzvimbo iyi, uyo akaita maonero maviri kubva kuJirol, 190 km (120 mi) kure. Nicolson ipapo akatora theodolite huru ndokuenda kumabvazuva,...  Mubvunzo: Kukwirira kwePeak XV kwakarongwa zviri pamutemo kwakanga kwakadini?
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