Meaning of Lhotse | Babel Free

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A Himalayan mountain on the border between Nepal and China, the fourth highest in the world.

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“Mount⟳ Everest was only 3 or 4 miles away from us. From it to the South-east swept a huge amphitheatre of mighty peaks culminating in a new and unsurveyed peak, 28,100 feet in height, to which we gave the name⟳ of Lhotse, which in Tibetan means the South Peak.”

“These Swiss mountaineers, led by Albert Eggler (third from left), reported from Nepal last⟳ week that they had not only conquered Lhotse, at 28,100 feet the world's highest hitherto unclimbed peak, but twice climbed its 29,002-foot twin. Mount⟳ Everest, previously scaled only by Sir Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa guide⟳, Tenzing Norgay, in 1953.”

“Steck was in the area acclimatizing ahead of a bid to climb⟳ Everest through the less-climbed West Ridge route and traverse to Lhotse, the world's fourth highest peak - at 8,516 meters (27,940 feet) in May.”

“On the 8516-meter-high Lhotse, the fourth highest of all mountains, the two Americans skied down the so-called “Dream⟳ Line”: from the summit through the narrow, 45 to 50 degrees steep Lhotse Couloir down to Camp 2 in the Western Qwm at 6,400 meters. “We did it,” Jim writes about a photo of his ski tips that he posted on Instagram today: “Ski tips about to make⟳ the first turn⟳ ever off the summit of Lhotse. Almost 28,000’ the summit was sugar snow⟳ and extra steep. A few careful turns and a hop got me into the couloir to complete⟳ a dream⟳ I’ve been working towards for a lifetime.””

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