Tilicho Peak

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Tilicho Peak
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Tilicho Peak
Highest point
Elevation 7,134 m (23,406 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 710 m (2,330 ft) [3]
Coordinates 28°41′04″N83°48′16″E / 28.68444°N 83.80444°E / 28.68444; 83.80444
Geography
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Tilicho Peak
Location in Nepal
Country Nepal
Parent range Himalayas
Climbing
First ascent 1978 by Emanuel Schmutz
Easiest route glacier/snow

Tilicho Peak is a mountain in the Nepalese Himalayas, near Annapurna. The peak was first seen by Europeans in 1950 by members of the 1950 French Annapurna expedition led by Maurice Herzog who were attempting to find Annapurna I. [2]

Lake Tilicho is located on the northern side of the peak.

The first ascent was made in 1978 by the French climber Emanuel Schmutz using the northwest shoulder. [4] In 1982 a winter ascent was made by Ang Serky, Dawa Gyalzen and Serky Tshering in what anthropologist Sherry Ortner believes to be the first all-Sherpa mountaineering expedition. [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. Annapurna; Tilicho & Naar-Phu (Map). 1:125,000. Cartography by Himalayan Maphouse Pvt Ltd. Nepa Maps. August 2009. § B3. ISBN   99933-2-307-1.
  2. 1 2 "Tilicho Peak". SummitPost.
  3. "Tilicho Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  4. 1 2 "Climbing history". Yeti Zone. Archived from the original on February 19, 2001. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
  5. Ortner, Sherry B. (1999). Life and Death on Mt. Everest : Sherpas and Himalayan mountaineering. Princeton University Press. p. 260. ISBN   0-691-00689-X.
  6. Sarkey Tshering Sherpa (1983). "Tilicho, Sherpa Winter Ascent". American Alpine Journal . 25 (57). American Alpine Club: 243–244. and pdf