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Shishapangm the 14th Highest Peak in the world is one of the very lovely mountain of China, which lies in the autonomous region called the Tibet of China, only a very few people in the world had idea about the Shishapangma before the Chinese opened Tibet to the western summiteers 1978. The Tibetans regard it as the very holy mountain. It is the youngest mountain among the peaks situated above the height of 8000m, and there are only fourteen mountains above in the 8000m high Himalayan ranges. Till to date many climbers have succeeded to approach on its apex.
Route
The North West normal route to Shishapangma takes us up easy angled snow slopes up to 35 degrees with one steeper section. The necessary lines will be fixed and placed on the steeper or crevassed sections. Following our acclimatization in Zhangmu & Nyalam, we will arrive at the base camp (5000m) to make ready our final preparations and acclimatization walks. Yaks transport our expedition gear from Base camp 5000m, to ABC at 5,400m. Three further camps will be place en-route.
Camps
Camp 1 - 6,730m – After 6-7 hours walk we reach in camp 2 through crossing many snowy slopes by fixing ropes in the places of crevassed.
Camp 2 - 7,045m – After 5-6 hours we reach camp 3 via steep ascent leading to very gentle ground below the northwest ridge.
Camp 3 - 7,400m – From Camp 3, it takes 9-12 hours to reach on the summit. The situation of the groups/climbers' progress and the condition of the physical fitness; and also the favorable condition of the weather depends the climbing ahead.
Preparation way
We welcome you at the kathmandu airport and transfer to hotel. The second day is for making introduction with other climbing members & Expedition crews. Then, we make your Tibet visa and other necessary document for the Expedition.
On the forth day, we drive you towards Nepal-Tibet border up to the Friendship Bridge ; where the Chinese liaison officer and Chinese transportation are waiting for us. The expedition gears are taken by truck and members drive by Land cruiser 4wd or with comfortable Minibus. We have few days acclimatization before we reach to BC like one day at Nyalam (3750m) and Tingri (4350m) which also gives us the chance to trek up high hills around. From Tingri, we drive to Base Camp 5000m along the rough way with jerking & bouncing experience through grassy plain which leads up to the Chinese Base Camp where we set up our camp and stay two or more nights. In rest days, we prepare loads, yaks and other necessary things and trek for two more days towards the advance base camp. |
