Nuptse

Nuptse or Nubtse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, a part of the Nepalese Himalayas. It lies 2 km (1.2 mi) to the southwest of Mount Everest.

Mahalangur Himal · Sagarmatha Zone · Nepal · 7,861 m

Ice walls of the Lhotse-Nuptse Massif West Face. Approach it and there is no beginning (7695), follow it and there is no end (7861). Nuptse mountain, Nepal, Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas.

About Nuptse

Nuptse is a 7,861 m Himalayan peak in the Everest massif, forming part of the group of mountains surrounding Everest’s base to the west and south . The main summit was first reached in 1961 by the British expedition, via the mountain’s south face and central ridge .

Nuptse or Nubtse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, a part of the Nepalese Himalayas. It lies 2 km (1.2 mi) to the southwest of Mount Everest. The main peak, Nuptse I with an elevation of 7,861 m (25,791 ft), was first climbed on May 16, 1961 by Dennis Davis and Sherpa Tashi.

Nuptse is a 7,861 m Himalayan peak in the Everest massif, forming part of the group of mountains surrounding Everest’s base to the west and south . The main summit was first reached in 1961 by the British expedition, via the mountain’s south face and central ridge .

Documented mountaineering milestones

  • 1961 — First ascent of the main summit via the south face and central ridge: Dennis Davis and Tashi Sherpa

Routes and approaches

The recognised first-ascent approach established Base Camp by the Nuptse Glacier and climbed from there toward the central ridge, in the Khumbu high-mountain setting south of Everest .

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