On top of the Amphu Labsa (~19,200 ft / 5,800 m).
The view is to the south looking back down the Hongu Valley.
Chamlang dominates the horizon, and the frozen lakes of Panch Pokhari are visible at the base of the pass.
A rappel and steep descent awaits us to the north.
November, 1994. I was back on this spot 8 years later!
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[ Post a Comment ]| Mathias Zehring | question! | | 
Voted 10/10 | very beautiful picture (I have similar ones from one year ago). but I have a question: do you know the name of the peak left of Chamlang? I've read the name somewhere, it was a "peak Nr. ??", but I don't find my source now. | | Posted Oct 20, 2004 6:08 pm |
 | | Nelson | Re: answer? | | 
Hasn't voted | Mathias, you ask a good question. Last year I had scanned and posted a shot of that peak and called it Peak 6480, based on looking at a trekking map. I just looked at five maps and decided that the Schneider Khumbu Himal map has it as Peak 6770. (That link is an improved new scan, I deleted the old one).
If you have the Schneider map follow the ridge heading south from West Col. In the above picture West Col is just off the left edge of the photo.
But I could be wrong, it may be some other peak. Whatever, it's a beauty! | | Posted Oct 20, 2004 10:17 pm |
| | Mathias Zehring | Re: answer? | |
Voted 10/10 | you are certainly right with the position! Now I searched a bit in the net and found this picture. Therefore the name is "Chonku Chuli" | | Posted Oct 21, 2004 1:03 am |
| | Nelson | Re: answer - maybe? | |
Hasn't voted | Mathias, I had done that web search and found the same picture. I had heard of this peak called "Pyramid Peak" before, but none of my maps has it labeled as such. However, I do have a map that labels "Chonku Chuli" over on the east side of Sherpani Col, not south of West Col. And, when we were in the Barun Valley we looked at peak that the Sherpas called "Chonku Chuli". It is shown as Peak 6830 on the Schneider map, and may be the right hand peak in this photo..
It turns out both of these peaks (6770 and 6830) are connected by a complex ridge system that is clearly visible in this satellite photo. If you want I can edit it, add a couple of lables, and send it to you in an E-mail.
This is one thing I love about this area: the geography is so complicated and there are so many peaks that is often hard to tell what the heck you are looking at! | | Posted Oct 21, 2004 8:52 am |
| | Mathias Zehring | Re: answer - maybe? | |
Voted 10/10 | Interesting topic! In fact, P. 6830 is named in one of my books (Toru Nakano, Trekking in Nepal) as „pyramid peak“. Of course, somehow each mountain can be named as a sort of “pyramid peak”. P. 6830 is the peak just in front of Makalu when seen from Mera Peak.
Thank you for your offer. I’d like to look at the good resolution satellite picture! But the picture here at SP is clear enough that the position of the mountains can be recognized well.
It seems to me as if there don’t exist real names as no people live in this area. Even some maps are wrong – so it is not sure that your map names the right mountain! (for example here pyramid peak has a height of unbelievable 7123 m!)
When we walked down Hongu valley I surely asked our sherpas about the name, but unfortunately I don’t remember the answer.
| | Posted Oct 21, 2004 3:56 pm |
| | Nelson | Re: answer? | |
Hasn't voted | This is interesting. Many of the peaks in the Barun on the way to Makalu are called just by numbers: Peaks 3, 4, and 6 are ones I photographed. Anywhere else these things would have a major National Park named after them!
To wrap up, in your excellent photo taken from Mera, Peak 6830 (aka Pyramid Peak, aka Chonku Chuli) is on the right in front of Makalu. At the far left is Peak 6770, the one that started this whole discussion. That connecting ridge is clearly visible in the satellite photo, which I think you have already located. I'll E-mail you the full picture that I downloaded from the Nasa site later tonight or tomorrow morning. | | Posted Oct 21, 2004 6:32 pm |
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