Nuptse
| Nuptse | |
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 Nuptse south face |
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| height | 7861 m |
| location | Solukhumbu District ( Nepal ) |
| Mountains | Mahalangur Himal ( Himalaya ) |
| Dominance | 4.19 km → Mount Everest - South Summit |
| Notch height | 305 m ↓ ( 7556 m ) |
| Coordinates | 27 ° 57 '59 " N , 86 ° 53' 24" E |
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| First ascent | May 16, 1961 by Dennis Davis and Sherpa Tashi |
The Nuptse is a seven-thousander in Nepal .
It is located in the Mahalangur Himal in the Khumbu region of the Himalayas , 2 kilometers southwest of Mount Everest . "Nuptse" comes from the Tibetan (nub rtse) and means "western summit", as it represents the western segment of the Lhotse- Nuptse massif.
The long main ridge of the Nuptse has seven peaks:
| summit | meter |
|---|---|
| Nuptse I. | 7861 |
| Nuptse II | 7827 |
| Nuptse Shar I (also Nuptse East I) | 7804 |
| Nuptse Nup I (also Nuptse West) | 7784 |
| Nuptse Shar II (also Nuptse East II) | 7776 |
| Nuptse Nup II (also Nuptse Northwest) | 7742 |
| Nuptse Shar III (also Nuptse East III) | 7695 |
Alpinism
The main summit, Nuptse I, was first reached on May 16, 1961 by Dennis Davis and Tashi Sherpa as part of a British expedition.
The Swiss extreme mountaineer Ueli Steck died on April 30, 2017 in a mountain accident on the Nuptse. Steck climbed alone and fell on a thousand meter high wall. He was found at the foot of the Nuptse flank.
Nuptse from Kala Patthar from
Nuptse from Chukhung Ri
Web links
- Nuptse on Peakbagger.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rajan Pokhrel: 'Swiss Machine' Ueli Steck killed in Mt Everest accident. In: The Himalayan Times. April 30, 2017, accessed May 1, 2017.
- ↑ Stephanie Geiger: " To me, failure means: when I die" In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , accessed on May 1, 2017.