Overview

Mount Lhotse Expedition (8516m) is the fourth highest mountain in the Himalayas. Its long east-west crest is located immediately south of Mount Everest, and the summits of the two mountains are connected by the South Col, a vertical ridge that never drops below 8,000m. Lhotse has one of the smallest topographic prominence values of any official eight thou-sanders, as it rises only 610m above the South Col. Hence it is often seen as a minor eight thou-sander. Mount Lhotse first climbed in 25 May 1956 by Ernst Reiss of Switzerland via West Face. In addition to the main summit, there are two subsidiary peaks, Lhotse Shar, which is immediately east of the main summit, and Nuptse, a high peak on the mountain’s west ridge. Mount Lhotse Shar was first climbed by an Austrian expedition in 1970. Japanese, South Koreans, and Germans attempted from various routes on its main peak. Poles and Italians also climbed the summit before the summit was reached again by German expeditions in 1977.

Mount Lhotse expedition begins after the arrival of all climbers in Kathmandu, the group will meet up with the staffs of Nepal Adventure Point for introduction and briefing about the trip. The next day is the day for sightseeing in Kathmandu. You will be taken around for a tour of Bouddhanath, Pashupatinath, Patan and Swoyambhunath - the monkey temple. This tour will help you to understand about the historical and cultural background of Nepal, Kathmandu valley and the people of Nepal. The next couple of days are for checking equipments, final preparations, packing and other necessary document for Mount Lhotse Expedition.

After official procedure we have 35 minutes spectacular scheduled flight to Lukla from Kathmandu on a small aircraft will take you to the gateway to the Everest region then commence trek to Phakding and trek towards Namche Bazzar. We will spend two nights at Namche Bazzar for acclimatization. From Namche we take through, Khumjung, Tyangboche, Dingboche then head towards Everest Base Camp. After spending a night at Gorakshep, you will climb up the Kalapatthar for the best view of Everest, Lhotse and the other surrounding peaks. You will trek in to Lhotse base camp the same day and we spend couple of day at base camp for climbing training such as; how to use Oxygen, mask and regulator. After climbing training, we prepare climbing at base camp to climb ahead Camp I (6400m) which is situated at the flat area of snow endless snow deep crevasses and mountain walls. These are the areas where we have to walk to reach Camp II (6750m) which is located at the foot of the icy mount Lhotse. After climbing these palaces we reach Camp III (7100m) is located at adjoining to Mount Everest wall. After climbing Everest wall by using fixed rope and with prior acclimatization it leads us to Camp IV (7900m) is the last camp of the Expedition. From here summit is only about 600m distance far. From here the way is easy to reach at the summit of the Lhotse (8516). After the summit, you will return to Kathmandu and the farewell dinner will be at typical Nepali restaurant enjoying together with Nepali culture show program.

Highlights

* Rim of the Kathmandu valley excursion.
* Technical Rock and Ice climbing
* Summit Mount Lhotse
* Picturesque Sherpa settlements
* View of Khumbu Glacier