Elevation 8,410 m (27,590 ft) Isolation 0.43 km (0.27 mi) Parent range Himalayas | Prominence 60 m (200 ft) Parent peak Lhotse Range Himalayas | |
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Location Lhotse, Khumbu, Nepal
Lhotse, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China Similar Lhotse, Lhotse Shar, Baruntse, Cho Polu, Gyachung Kang | ||
Lhotse Middle is a subsidiary peak to Lhotse, and was the final eight-thousander to be summited. It is a sharp, jagged peak rising 8,410 metres (27,590 ft) high, and is the most difficult peak over eight thousand meters to climb, exceeding even Kangchenjunga, K2, and Lhotse Shar.
First ascent
Lhotse Middle was first climbed in 2001 by three groups of Russian climbers. At the time it was the last unclimbed named eight-thousand-metre summit.
The 2001 climb was not the first expedition to the peak; the idea of its ascent was originated by Vladimir Bashkirov (who died in a 1997 expedition).
Summit party details:
References
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