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Elevation:
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21129 ft / 6440 m
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Lat/Lon:
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27.91980°N /
86.76418°E |
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Activities: |
Mountaineering |
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Location:
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Nepal, Asia,
Himalaya |
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Location:
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Langtang Region,
Nepal- |
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Difficulty |
Hard |
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Nearest major
airport |
Kathmandu, Nepal |
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Best months for
climbing |
March - December
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Nearest major
airport |
Lukla,
Namche,Nepal |
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Cholatse Peak Information. |
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Cholatse is a stunning
peak with narrow snow and ice ridges and steep faces. It
is on the ridge separating the Gokyo and Khumbu valleys,
just north of Taboche and just south of a 5420 meter
pass used by Sherpas and trekers alike to go between the
Gokyo and Khumbu valleys. Interestingly, there is a lake
just below this pass to the east, and in Tibetan 'cho'
is lake, 'la' is pass, and 'tse' is peak so Cholatse
means literally "lake pass peak". Unlike many mountains,
there is no easy way to reach or descend from its
summit, so any climb of the mountain is a serious
mountaineering undertaking.
Through the 1950's 60's and 70's, Everest, Ama Dablam
and the other named peaks of the Khumbu were climbed on
by one but no permits were granted for Cholatse, so it
remained unclimbed until 1982 when it was infact the
last named but unclimbed peak in the Khumbu. In that
year, Al Read from Mountain Travel secured a permit for
the peak. In April of that year, Vern Clevenger, John
Roskelley, Galen Rowell and Bill O'Connor reached the
summit via the South West Ridge. The climb was described
as some twenty pitches of difficult ice climbing.
Later that same year, a Swiss expedition with Heidi
Ludi, Niklause Alpiger and the Nepelese climber Kancha
Tamang reached the summit after fixing ropes on much of
the South East Ridge. The following year, the startling
North East face was climbed by Todd Bibler, Catherine
Freer, Penny Jackson and Sandy Stewart. At a slide show,
Bibler, who had waltzed up the Eiger's North Face on an
earlier European trip implied that the climb was quite
scary. It remains unrepeated (VI AI5 5.9 A2). Several
additional lines have been climbed including the
prominent Western Rib of the West Face and the long
corniced North West Ridge. During 2005 a number of
variations of the North-East and North Face climbs were
achieved including the first Winter Ascent of the North
Face by the Koreans Park Jung-hun and Choi Kang-sik who
were unfortunately both significantly injured by
frostbite following an accident on the descent from the
summit. Ueli Steck made a solo ascent of the north face
including a direct finish in a 37 hour push from base
camp with a single bivouac on the face. He reports the
difficulty as "rock to F5, ice to 90 degrees, and M6
terrain noting the climb was similar in difficulty to
the north face of the Eiger.
The mountain has not been climbed by commercial
companies and none of the routes to the summit have been
ascended more than a few times. The South West Ridge,
perhaps the easiest on the peak was only repeated in
1993 then in 2005.
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Cholatse Peak Climbing
Itinerary. |
Day 01: Arrival Kathmandu
air port- transfer hotel
Day 02: Kathmandu Sightseeing.
Day 03: Prepared Expedition & briefing
Day 04: flight to Lukla & trek to Phakding Lodge or
Camping
Day 05: Phakding - Namche 3450m. Lodge/Camping
Day 06: Namche acclimatize/ day hiking Lodge/Camping
Day 07: Namche - Phortse Tenga - Lodge/Camping
Day 08: Phortse Tenga - Macharmo - Lodge/Camping
Day 09: Machermo - Gokyo - Lodge/Camping
Day 10: Gokyo day hiking - Lodge/Camping
Day 11: Gokyo - Cho La Phedi - Lodge/Camping
Day 12: Cho La Phedi - Chola La pass - Jungla (Dzongla)
Lodge/Camping
Day 13: Dzongla - Cholache Base camp - Camping
Day 14 -23: climbing period for Cholache
Day 24: BC - Pangboche - Lodge/ Camping
Day 25: Pangboche - Namche - Lodge/Camping
Day 26: Namche - Lukla - Lodge/Camping
Day 27: Lukla - Kathmandu flight & transfer hotel
Day 28- Free day in Kathmandu or transfer to Nagarkot on
hotel
Day 28- Sunrise at Nagarkot and sightseeing in
Bhaktapur, transfer to hotel in kathmandu at the evening
group dinner.
Day 30: Final Departure
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Cost Include |
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