Lhotse, the second peak of Everest, is the fourth highest mountain in the world. It was first climbed by a Swiss expedition in 1956. The expedition also made the second ascent of Everest. The first ascent took a direct route up the Lhotse Face, famous as the route to the South Col. Later expeditions attempted the South Face, one of the steepest and longest mountain walls in the world.
The summit Lhotse East or Middle (8,414 m) is situated on the ridge between Main summit of Lhotse 8,516 m and summit Lhotse Shar 8,400 m. Any separate ascents up to this summit are practically excluded because of the steep walls and very crossed relief and it is possible to summit it only climbing up to Lhotse Main or Lhotse Shar before and then make a traverse of a very crossed ridge with a length about 1000 meters. The ascent up to Lhotse Main by itself or Lhotse Shar is the task of separate expedition and the additional traverse which requires several days of work on the height more then 8,300 m makes the Lhotse East unclimbed till nowadays. Actually almost all more or less interesting eightsousanders Faces and ridges in Himalayas were climbed. Last first ascent up to the summit higher then 8000m was in 1982.
Itinerary Outline
Day 01: Arrival pick up from the International Airport and transfer to Hotel
Day 02: A free day in Kathmandu for the permit prepairation
Day 03: Briefing in Ministry of Tourism
Day 04: Kathmandu to Lukla and trek to Phakding (2640m)
Day 05: Phakding to Namche Bazaar(3446m)
Day 06: An extra day around Namche Bazaar
Day 07: Namche Bazaar to Thyangboche Monastery (3800m)
Day 08: Thangboche to Dingboche (4400m)
Day 09: Rest in Dingboche for Acclimatization
Day 10: Dingboche to Lobuche (4900m)
Day 11: Lobuche to Gorekshep (5150m)
Day 12: Gorekshep to Everest Base Camp (5300m)
Day 13: Everest Base Camp
Day 14-49: Climbing Period Lhotse
Day 50: Cleaning up Base Camp
Day 51: Everest Base Camp to Pheriche (4200m)
Day 52: Pheriche to Thyangboche (3800m)
Day 53: Thyangboche to Namche Bazaar (3446m)
Day 54: Namche Bazaar to Lukla (2800m)
Day 55: Lukla to Kathmandu by flight and transfer to Hotel
Day 56: Free day in Kathmandu
Day 57: Transfer to International Airport
