Cho Oyu
The world's sixth highest mountain, considered one of the more accessible 8,000m peaks.
Cho Oyu stands at 8,188m about 20km west of Everest, on the Nepal-Tibet border, and is the world's sixth highest mountain. It is visible from the Gokyo valley and from the summit of Gokyo Ri, alongside Everest, Lhotse and Makalu.
Among the world's fourteen 8,000m peaks, Cho Oyu is often described by climbers and guiding companies as one of the more approachable to attempt, though it remains a serious high altitude mountain requiring full expedition support.
Cho Oyu was first climbed on 19 October 1954 by Herbert Tichy, Joseph Joechler and Pasang Dawa Lama on a small Austrian expedition working without bottled oxygen. Almost every commercial attempt since has used the northwest ridge from the Tibetan side, so from Nepal the mountain is far more often walked towards than climbed, most often from the Gokyo lakes.
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World's sixth highest mountain at 8,188m
Visible from the summit of Gokyo Ri
Widely regarded as one of the more approachable 8,000m peaks to climb
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Solukhumbu District, Nepal
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Solukhumbu
In the shadow of Everest, where dreams touch the sky
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