- Pumori
Infobox Mountain
Name = Pumori
Photo =Mt_Pumori.jpg
Caption =View from Pumori Base Camp, Khumbu Valley
Elevation = convert|7161|m|ft|0
Location =Nepal -Tibet
Range =Himalayas
Prominence =
Coordinates =
First ascent =1962 byGerhard Lenser
Easiest route = snow/ice climb
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pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nepal
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latd=28 |latm=00 |lats=53 |latNS=N
longd=86 |longm=49 |longs=41 |longEW=EPumori (or Pumo Ri) is a
mountain in theHimalaya on theNepal -Tibet border. Pumori lies just eight kilometres west ofMount Everest . Pumori, which means "Unmarried Daughter" in the Sherpa dialect, was named byGeorge Mallory . Climbers sometimes refer to Pumori as "Everest's Daughter".Pumori is a popular climbing peak and the easiest route is graded class 3, although with avalanche danger. Pumori was first climbed in 1962 by
Gerhard Lenser of a German-Swiss expedition.Two Czechs (Leopold Sulovsky and Michalec Zeduak) climbed a new route on the South face in the spring of 1996 (Joe Simpson , 1997, "Dark Shadows falling").An outlier of Pumori is
Kala Patthar (5,643m/18,513'), which appears as a big brown bump below the impressive south face of Pumori. Many trekkers going to see Mt. Everest up close will attempt to climb to the top of Kala Patthar. The views from almost anywhere on Kala Patthar of Everest,Lhotse andNuptse are quite impressive on a clear day.References
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