Travel: Trekking Peaks

ST of TREKKING PEAKS of NEPAL

World's 8 Highest Mountains

Nepal is also known as land of Himalayas world over. There are 1,310 peaks above 6000 meters of which 238 are already opened for climbing. Likewise, out of fourteen 8000 meters above peaks eight of them including the highest peak in the world the Mount Everest lie in Nepal Himalaya region. Other seven are namely Kanchanjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and Annapurna.

Mt.Everest

Mount Everest the highest mountain in the world measuring 8,848 m(29,028 feet) in elevation. It was first climbed on May 29, 1953 by a New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal. Mount Everest is also known by the Tibetan name Chomolangma (Goddess Mother of the Snows) and by the Nepali name Sagarmatha (Mother of the Universe). Climbing on Everest is very strictly regulated by both the Nepalese and Chinese governments. Climbing Everest and Treks to Everest Base Camp are becoming increasingly popular on both the north and south sides of the mountain.

Kanchanjunga

Kanchanjunga (8,586m) is the third highest mountain in the world. From 1838 until 1849, it was believed to be the highest. It is an enormous mountain mass and many satellite peaks rise from its narrow icy ridges. It is located on the border of Nepal and Sikkim just 46 miles northwest of Darjeeling. It is the most easterly of the great 8,000-meter peaks of the Himalaya.

Though not successfully climbed until 1955, it was first attempted in 1905. The successful British expedition of 1955 set the standard by stopping a few feet short of the actual summit, in honor of the local religion.

Lhotse

Lhotse (8,516m) is the fourth highest mountain in the world. Its long east-west crest is located immediately south of Mount Everest and the summits of the two mountains are connected by the South Col a vertical ridge that never drops below 8,000 meters. Lhotse is sometimes mistakenly identified as the south peak of the Everest massif. No serious attention was turned to climbing Lhotse until after Everest had finally been ascended. Lhotse was first climbed in 1956 by two Swiss, Fritz Luchsinger and Ernest Reiss.In addition to the main summit, there are two subsidiary peaks, Lhotse Shar, which is immediately east of the main summit, and Nuptse, a high peak on the mountain’s west ridge.

Makalu

Makalu (8,463m) is the fifth highest mountain in the world. It is an isolated peak, located just 14 miles east of Mount Everest. Its size alone is impressive but its structure that of a perfect pyramid with four sharp ridges makes this mountain all the more spectacular.

It has proved to be a challenging climb as only five of its first sixteen attempts were successful. Previously, it had been admired and studied by several Everest parties but like so many other giants in the Khumbu region it was not attempted until the summit of Everest had been attained in 1954. A French group first climbed Makalu in the year 1955.
Chomo Lonzo (25,650 ft.) is a subsidiary peak of Makalu rising just north of the higher summit separated by a narrow saddle.

ChoOyu

Cho Oyu (8,201m) is the sixth highest mountain in the world located a short distance to the west from Everest and Lhotse (the fourth highest) in the Khumbu region of Eastern Nepal along the Tibetan border. Its towering peak stands with Everest well above the surrounding mountains. It became a familiar landmark to climbers ascending Everest’s north face. Just west of Cho Oyu is the Nangpa La, a 19,000-foot glacier pass and the main trade route between the Khumbu Sherpas and Tibet. Cho Oyu’s proximity to the Nangpa La has earned it the distinction among some climbers as being the easiest 8,000 meter peak. It was the third such peak climbed and the first climbed in autumn by two Austrian.

Dhaulagiri

Dhaulagiri (8,167m) whose name means White Mountain, is the seventh highest mountain in the world. It is an enormous Himalayan massif, located in north central Nepal. It is the highest mountain located entirely within Nepal. After its discovery by the western world in 1808, it replaced Ecuador’s Chimborazo (20,561 ft.) as the postulated highest mountain in the world. It maintained this standing for nearly 30 years, until the discovery of Kanchanjunga which was then falsely believed to be the world’s highest mountain. Dhaulagiri’s crest stretches for thirty miles lending structure to an otherwise tangled topography of twisting ridges, glaciers, and ice falls. Along the main crest, several pyramid-shaped peaks rise. Four of these summits, numbered from east to west rise above 25,000 feet.

Manaslu

Manaslu (8,163m) is the high peak of the Gorkha massif and is the eighth highest mountain in the world. It is located about forty miles east of Annapurna the tenth highest mountain. The mountain’s long ridges and valley glaciers offer feasible approaches from all directions and it culminates in a peak that towers steeply above its surrounding landscape and is a dominant feature when seen from afar. The name Manaslu is derived from the Sanskrit word Manasa and can be roughly translated as Mountain of the Spirit.

Annapurna

Annapurna (8091m) is an enormous Himalayan massif the tenth highest mountain in the world. In 1950 it became the first 8,000 meter mountain to be successfully climbed. It is located east of a great gorge cut through the Himalaya by the Kali Gandaki river. The mountain has glaciers on its western and northwestern slopes which drain into this gorge.

Group "A" Trekking Peaks
Name of Peak	Height	Region/Area
Mt. Cholatse	6440 m/21,123ft	Khumbu, Everest Area
Mt. Machermo	6273 m/20,575ft	Mahalangur, Everest Area
Mt. Kyazo Ri	6186 m/20,290ft	Mahalangur, Everest Area
Mt. Phari Lapcha	6017 m/19,736ft	Mahalangur, Everest Area
Mt. Nirekha	6159 m/20,201ft	Mahalangur, Everest Area
Mt. Langsisa Ri	6427 m/21,080ft	Langtang National Park
Mt. Ombigaichen	6340 m/20,795ft	Mahalangur, Everest Area
Mt. Bokta	6143 m/20,149ft	Kanchenjunga, East Nepal
Mt. Chekigo	6257 m/20,523ft	Gaurishankar, East Nepal
Mt. Lobuje West	6145 m/20,156ft	Khumbu, Everest Area
Mt. Larkya Peak	6010 m/19,713ft	Manaslu Himal, West Nepal
Mt. ABI	6097 m/19,998ft	Mahalangur, Everest Area
Mt. Yubra Himal	6035 m/19,795ft	Langtang National Park
Mt. Chhukung Ri	5550 m/18,204ft	Khumbu, Everest Area
Mt. Yala Peak	5732 m/18,800ft	Langtang National Park