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Lobuje East Peak Climbing
offered by supplier M16771 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 16
- 20
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 14
people
Destination(s):
Nepal
Specialty Categories:
Mountain/Rock Climbing
Hiking & Trekking
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 1945 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 1945 US Dollar (USD)
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There are two distinct summits to Lobuje Peak - Lobuje East (6,119m/20,070ft) and Lobuje West (6,145m/20,161ft). Although they are connected by a continuous ridge there is a sharp gap and a considerable distance between them. Lobuje is an attractive summit, offering a variety of existing routes and a wide scope for new lines. Seen from near Pheriche, the dark triangle of its rocky East Face rises above the moraines of the Khumbu Glacier to an icy skyline. This skyline forms the South Ridge, the junction of the East Face with the glaciated South-West Face and the line of the normal route of ascent.
This in turn leads to the summit ridge running north-west from the top of East Face through several small summits to the East Peak.
Lobuje East: The true East Peak is quite striking and is reached by descending into marked notch and climbing steep snow/ice slopes to the top. This is rarely climbed and is often mistaken for Lobuje West. Most attempts on the mountain climb the summit ridge only as far as subsidiary snow summit, before the notch, south-east of the true peak. The false summits east of the notch have been attained by numerous parties, but the first recorded ascent of the true Lobuje East seems to have been made by Laurence Nielson and Sherpa Ang Gyalzen on 25th April 1984.
Tour Itinerary:
Days 1- 2: Fly Kathmandu to Lukla. Trek to Namche
Day 3: Acclimatization day at Namche
Days 4 - 5: Trek Namche - Thyangboche - Dingboche
Day 6: Acclimatization day at Dingboche
Days 7 - 9: Trek Lobuje - Kalapattar - Everest Base Camp
Day 10: Trek to Lobuje East base camp
Days 11 - 14: Climb Lobuje East Peak
Days 15 - 17: Return trek to Lukla
Day 18: Fly Lukla to Kathmandu
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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