Dhaulagiri (4)

Other peaks in the Dhaulagiri Himalaya[edit]

World
Rank
30

72

Mountain

Height

(m)

(ft)

Dhaulagiri II

7,751

25,430

Dhaulagiri III

7,715

25,311

Dhaulagiri IV

7,661

25,135

Dhaulagiri V

7,618

24,992

7,385

24,229

7,371

24,183

7,371

24,183

Dhaulagiri VI

7,268

23,845

Putha Hiunchuli

7,246

23,773

Churen Himal
(Main)
Churen Himal
(East)
Churen Himal
(West)

95

Height

Coordinates
284550N 832315
E
284517N 832237
E
284412N 831852
E
284405N 832141
E
284406N 831258
E
284433N 831351
E
284355N 831245
E
284230N 831632
E
284450N 830855

Prominence (m)

First
ascent

2,391

1971

135

1973

469

1969

340

1975

600

1970

150

1970

70

1970

453

1970

1,151

1954

E
Gurja Himal

7,193

23,599

7,150

23,458

Junction Peak

7,108

23,320

Hiunchuli Patan

5,911

19,185

False Junction
Peak

284026N 831637
E
284300N 831638
E
284319N 831638
E
284939N 82371E

500

1969

400

1970

20

1972

1310

2013

Only peaks above 7,200 m with more than 500 m (1,640.4 ft) of topographic
prominence are ranked.
The status of Churen Himal's three peaks is unclear and sources differ on their heights. [15][16][17] The
coordinates, heights and prominence values above are derived from the Finnmap. [17] The first ascent
data is from Neate,[15] but it is unclear if the first ascent of Churen Himal East was actually an ascent
of the highest of the three peaks, as Neate lists Churen Himal Central as a 7,320 m subpeak of
Churen Himal East.
Most of the named 7,000 metre peaks are on a ridge extending WNW, separated from Dhaulagiri I
by 5,355m French Pass at 2846'55"N, 8331'54"E.[18] In order they are Dhaulagiri II, III, V, IV,
Junction Peak, Churens East, Central and West, Putha Hiunchuli and Hiunchuli Patan. False
Junction Peak, Dhaulagiri VI and Gurja are on a ridge extending south from Junction Peak. [19] The
British Alpine Club's[20] Himalayan Index lists 37 more peaks over 6,000 m.[21]

Hiunchuli Patan at the western end nearest the Bheri River is locally called Sisne or Murkatta Himal.
It was an iconic landmark to insurgents based in Rukum and Rolpa districts during the 19962006 Nepal Civil War.

Lhotse (4)

Timeline[edit]

1955 Attempt by the International Himalayan Expedition.

1956 First ascent of the main summit: Fritz Luchsinger and Ernst Reiss.[7]

1965 First attempt on Lhotse Shar by a Japanese expedition - reached 8,100m.

1970 First ascent of Lhotse Shar by Austrian expedition, Sepp Mayerl, Rolf Walter

1979 Second ascent of the main summit by Jerzy Kukuczka.[8]

1981 April 30 Third ascent of the main summit by Hristo Prodanov, Bulgaria.[9]

1981 October 16 Second ascent of Lhotse Shar Switzerland, Colin Molines

1984 May 20 The first ascent of the south face of the mountain finished on Lhotse
Shar Czechoslovakia

1986 Ascent by Reinhold Messner, thus becoming the first person to climb all of the
Fourteen Eight-Thousanders.

1988 December 31 Krzysztof Wielicki, a Polish climber, completed the first winter ascent of
Lhotse.

1989 October 24 Jerzy Kukuczka perishes while climbing the South Face of Lhotse, when
his secondhand rope breaks.

1990 April 22 Tomo esen makes first solo ascent of South Face of Lhotse. Controversy of
his climb is later raised by USSR Himalayan expedition, claiming that his ascent would be
impossible.

1990 October 16 First ascent of South Face of Lhotse, USSR Himalayan expedition Sergey
Bershov and Gennadiy Karataev.

1994 May 13 Carlos Carsolio got mountaintop solo, introducing a world speed record at 23 h
50 min rise from basecamp to the summit.

1996 Chantal Mauduit becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Lhotse.

2001 First ascent of Lhotse Middle by Russian expedition.

2007 Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepali mountaineer and two-time summiter of Mt. Everest, falls
to her death from Lhotse at 8000 m[10]

2011 May 1415, Michael Horst, American guide, summits Mount Everest and Lhotse
without descending below Camp IV (South Col) with less than 21 hours elapsing between the
two summits.[11]

2011 On May 20, Indian mountaineer Arjun Vajpai became the youngest climber ever to
summit Lhotse, aged 17 years, 11 months and 16 days.[12]