Pumori
The peak whose lower shoulder, Kala Patthar, is the Everest trek's classic viewpoint.
Pumori rises to 7,161m about 8km west of Mount Everest. Kala Patthar, the rocky viewpoint at 5,643m that most Everest Base Camp trekkers climb for their closest view of Everest, is technically a low outlier on Pumori's south ridge rather than a separate mountain.
Pumori's own name, meaning roughly "Daughter Peak," was given by George Mallory during the early 1920s British Everest reconnaissance expeditions.
Pumori was first climbed in 1962 by a German and Swiss party led by Gerhard Lenser. It was an avalanche shaken off Pumori's flank by the 2015 earthquake that struck Everest Base Camp, the deadliest single day in the mountain's history. The peak itself is climbed from a base camp below Kala Patthar and is among the more frequently attempted 7,000m mountains in Nepal.
Highlights
7,161m, about 8km west of Everest
Kala Patthar (5,643m) is a rocky outlier on its south ridge
Kala Patthar is the viewpoint most Everest Base Camp trekkers climb for their closest view of Everest
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Solukhumbu District, Nepal
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In the shadow of Everest, where dreams touch the sky
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