| Chumbu | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,859 m (22,503 ft) |
| Prominence | 541 m (1,775 ft) |
| Coordinates | 28°00′49″N 86°47′17″E / 28.01361°N 86.78806°E / 28.01361; 86.78806 |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Solukhumbu District, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal |
| Parent range | Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | November 3, 2022: Czech team, led by Piolet d’Or winner Zdenek Hak summited the unclimbed Chumbu |
Chumbu is a mountain in the Nepal Himalayas near the border of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It falls under Eastern Development Region Solukhumbu Nepal.
Climbing history
On November 3, 2022 a Czech team, led by Piolet d'Or winner Zdenek Hak summited the unclimbed Chumbu peak for the first time accompanied by Radek Groh, Jaroslav Bánsky and Petr Kejklíček. A fifth member, Juraj Koren of Slovakia, planned to paraglide from the summit but was fallen ill by dengue and could not start the climb. It was previously attempted by a Korean team and French teams. The French climbed the southwest pillar in 2016 but didn't reach the main Summit
References
- ^ https://peakvisor.com/peak/chumbu.html
- https://explorersweb.com/nepal-attempts-on-annapurna-iv-chumbu-and-pungi/
- https://explorersweb.com/top-10-expeditions-of-2022-7-chumbu/