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Rolwaling Himal, Janakpur
Pharchamo Peak is an attractive
snow peak lying south of Tashi
Lapcha, the peak was first
climbed in 1955. It has a
north-by-northwest ridge, which
rises from the crevassed glacier
astride the Tashi Lapcha. The
face of the ridge forms a
uniform slope broken by crevasse
and seraes rising from the rocky
lower buttresses above the
Drolambau Glaciers in the west.
Rolwaling valley is the main
access to Pharchamo, though this
route was closed for most of the
1980s due to potential dangers
to porters crossing the Tashi
Lapcha. The only other
alternative route is from the
Khumbu side via Namche Bazar and
Thame. |
