Chomo Lonzo

Northeast side of Chomo Lönzo, left of the main peak.

The Chomo Lönzo (also Chomo Lonzo, Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Jomolönzo or Lhamalangcho ) is a mountain in Tibet near the border with Nepal, about 5 km northeast of Makalu in the Himalayas.

The Chomo Lönzo has three clearly distinct peaks: the southernmost is at an altitude of 7804 meters, the main peak. From the 7567 meter high summit means it separates a 7300 -meter-high saddle. The north-western peak is about 7200 meters high.

While it is surmounted by Nepal from the mountain from the nearby Makalu, the fifth highest mountain in the world, offers from Kangshung valley in Tibet an imposing view of the Chomo Lönzo. The 3000 -meter-high north-eastern front is one of today's unconquered challenge. Chomo Lönzo means something like "Bird Goddess" what the view from the northwest also impressively demonstrates.

The mountain was first climbed Makalu in 1954 by the Frenchman Jean and Lionel Terray Couzy during the exploration expedition. They reached the summit via the gently rising Southwest saddle of Sakietang - La ( 7214 m), which separates the Chomo Lönzo from Makalu. The following year, the two also managed the first ascent of this eight -thousand.