Cho Oyu is the world's sixth highest mountain and considered by many as the easiest of the fourteen 8000m peaks. This is mainly due to the ease of access which is achieved utilizing vehicles to the base of the mountain and a two day trek in hiking boots to the base camp at 5600m. The climbing route has only a few short technical sections yet is direct, allowing climbers to gain altitude without covering a lot of distance. >>More...
Mt. Everest Expedition
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. Its elevation is 8,848 m (29,028 ft.), as determined in 1954. Mount Everest is also known by the Nepali name Sagarmatha(Mother of the Universe) and Tibetan name Chomolangmo (Goddess Mother of the Snows) .>>More...
Lhotse Expedition
Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in of the world. Its long east-west summit is located in the south of Mount Everest, and the summits of the two mountains are connected by the South Col , a vertical ridge that never drops below 8,000 meters. >>More...
Pumori Expedition
Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in of the world. Its long east-west summit is located in the south of Mount Everest, and the summits of the two mountains are connected by the South Col , a vertical ridge that never drops below 8,000 meters. >>More...
Amadablam Expedition
Makalu Expedition
It was first climbed by a French party in 1955. The peak was first mapped and photographed from the Tibet side in 1921 by British Everest reconnaissance. Hillary and Shipton photographed Makalu during a side trip on the 1951 Everest reconnaissance. Hillary and others approached the peak a year later after the failure of their Cho Oyu expedition. >>More...
