Lhotse Shar

Lhotse Shar

Lhotse Shar in 2014
Highest point
Elevation 8,383 m (27,503 ft)
Prominence 86 m (282 ft)
Isolation 0.62 km (0.39 mi)
Parent peak Lhotse
Listing Eight-thousander
Coordinates Himalayas_scale:100000_ 27°57′30″N 86°56′36″E / 27.95833°N 86.94333°E / 27.95833; 86.94333Coordinates: Himalayas_scale:100000_ 27°57′30″N 86°56′36″E / 27.95833°N 86.94333°E / 27.95833; 86.94333
Geography
Lhotse Shar

Location in Nepal

Location Nepal (Khumbu)
China (Tibet Autonomous Region)
Parent range Mahalangur Himal
Climbing
First ascent May 12, 1970

Lhotse Shar is a subsidiary mountain of Lhotse, and the 11th-highest mountain on Earth, at 8,383 m (27,503 ft) high. It has the highest fatality rate of all the eight-thousanders – for every 2 people who summit the mountain, one person dies attempting to. [1] However, this is primarily because most climbers tend to try to ascend to the primary peak of Lhotse, rather than the lowest summit of the mountain. It was first climbed by Sepp Mayerl and Rolf Walter on May 12, 1970.

On April 27, 1980, Nicolas Jaeger was seen for the last time at 8,200 metres (26,900 ft) altitude during an attempted ascent of Lhotse Shar in Nepal, and is presumed dead.[2]

References

  1. "Lhotse Shar 8400 metres". EverestNews. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. Buffet, Charlie (20 March 2005). "Nicolas Jaeger au pays de l'oxygène rare" (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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