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Taboche

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Location
  
Khumbu, Nepal

Easiest route
  
rock/snow/ice climb

First ascent
  
1974

Mountain range
  
Himalayas

Parent range
  
Khumbu Himal

Elevation
  
6,542 m

Prominence
  
1,121 m

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Similar
  
Cholatse, Thamserku, Ama Dablam, Kangtega, Nuptse

Taboche (also known as Tawoche, Tobuche, Tāuje, Taweche, Tawache or Tawetse) is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Taboche is connected to Cholatse by a long ridge. Taboche lies directly across the Imja River from Ama Dablam and above the villages of Pheriche and Dingboche.

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Map of Taboche, Khumjung 56000, Nepal

The first ascent was made in 1974 by a French expedition led by Yannick Seigneur and the clarinettist and composer Jean-Christian Michel. The summit team included Louis Dubost, Paul Gendre and Jacques Brugirard.

Other notable ascentsEdit

  • 1989 The direct north-east face of Taboche (Tawoche) was climbed in winter by Jeff Lowe and John Roskelley alpine-style during a ten-day push in February, 1989. They reached the summit on February 13. The route follows the deep vertical cleft up the center of the face. The climb is documented in Last Days, a book by John Roskelley (1991).
  • 2009 Direct North Face (VI AI5 R, 1500m). First ascent by Giri-Giri Boys Fumitaka Ichimura and Genki Narumi (Japan). Summit attained November 28.

    • BooksEdit

  • John Roskelley "Last Days", (Stackpole Books, 1991), [0-8117-0889-6].

    • References

    Taboche Wikipedia
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