| Tilicho Peak | |
|---|---|
 Tilicho Peak | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,134 m (23,406 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 734 m (2,408 ft)  |
| Coordinates | 28°41′04″N 83°48′16″E / 28.68444°N 83.80444°E |
| Geography | |
  Tilicho Peak Location in Nepal | |
| Location | Nepal |
| Parent range | Himalaya |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1978 by Emanuel Schmutz |
| Easiest route | glacier/snow |
Tilicho Peak is a mountain in the Nepalese Himalaya, 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.[3] 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.[3][4][5]
Tilicho Base Camp
Tilicho Himal from Jomsom Valley
References
- ↑ Annapurna; Tilicho & Naar-Phu (Map). 1:125,000. Cartography by Himalayan Maphouse Pvt Ltd. Nepa Maps. August 2009. § B3. ISBN 99933-2-307-1.
- 1 2 "Tilicho Peak". SummitPost.
- 1 2 "Climbing history". Yeti Zone. Archived from the original on February 19, 2001. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
- ↑ Ortner, Sherry B. (1999). Life and Death on Mt. Everest : Sherpas and Himalayan mountaineering. Princeton University Press. p. 260. ISBN 0-691-00689-X.
- ↑ Sarkey Tshering Sherpa (1883). "Tilicho, Sherpa Winter Ascent". American Alpine Journal. 25 (57): 243–244. and pdf
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