Mt. Lhotse Expedition

The fourth highest mountain in the world, The Lhotse is often overlooked as its neighbor Everest steals all the limelight. Nevertheless, at 8,516m, it is the fourth highest mountain in the world. The Lhotse Middle (east) is 8,414m while Lhotse Shar is 8,383m. The famous mountaineer Norman Dyhrenfurth made an unsuccessful attempt on the mountain in 1955 accompanied by two Austrians. Later a Swiss team comprising Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger made it to the summit on 18th May 1956. They were part of the Swiss Mount Everest/ Lhotse expedition. On 12th May, two Austrians, Zepp Maier and Rolf Walter ascended Lhotse Shar while Lhotse Middle remained unclimbed until forty-five years later, Russian climbers, Eugeny Vinogradsky, Segei Timofeev, Alexei Bolotov and Petr Kuznetsov finally conquered it. Many climbers attempting to climb Everest go climb Lhotse for acclimatization and the normal route to the highest peak starts up the Lhotse before veering off towards the true destination. The first Nepali to climb Lhotse was Urkien Tshering Sherpa who ascended on 8th May 1977.

MAXIMUM : 44 Days
ENTRY : Lukla
EXIT : Lukla