Taboche

Infobox Mountain
Name = Taboche
Photo = Taboche-Cholatse-fromKyobuGoth.jpg
Caption =Taboche (left) and Cholatse (right)
Elevation = Convert|6542|m|ft|0|abbr=on [ [http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=734 "Tawetse" "Peakware World Mountain Encyclcopedia"] ]
Location = Khumbu, Nepal
Range = Khumbu Himal
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|27|53|48|N|86|46|48|E|type:mountain
Topographic

First ascent = 1974
Easiest route = rock/snow/ice climb

Taboche (also known as Tāuje, Tawoche, Tawesche, 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.

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.

The direct Northeast Face of Taboche (Towoche) 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 the book, "Last Days" by John Roskelley and published by Stackpole Books in 1991.

Notes

Books

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

External links

* [http://www.jean-christian-michel.com/en/himalaya.html Tawesche by Jean-Christian Michel]