Jomolhari

Phari, steppe with Chomolhari

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Chomolhari (Tibetan "Mountain of the Goddess" ), sometimes called " the bride of Kangchenjunga ", is a mountain in the Himalayas on the border of the circle Yadong in Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the District Paro in Bhutan. The mountain is sacred to Tibetan Buddhists who perform a pilgrimage from Phari Dzong to the holy lake Chomo Lharang approximately 5,100 meters above sea level in the north of the mountain every year. The north wall of the Chomolhari rises more than 2,700 m above the barren plane at its foot.

Although the mountain is well known and offers a spectacular view of the Hautpthandelsroute of India in the Tibetan Pagri Valley, very few mountaineering activities took place there. This may have had its basis in the access restriction on the part of the Bhutanese authorities as well as the difficulty of the routes from the Chinese side. The first ascent took place in May 1937 by a five-member British expedition. Freddie Spencer Chapman and Pasang Dawa Lama reached the summit of Bhutan from across the Southeast spur. The second successful ascent took an Indo- Bhutanese military expedition in 1970, which was led by Colonel Narendra Kumar. The third ascent was made in 1996 by a Japanese-Chinese expedition which reached the South Col from the Chinese side of the peak and climbed over the south ridge. In May 2004, the British climber Julie -Ann Clyma and Roger Payne reached the summit also about the approximately 5,800 m high South Col after attempts to ascend the imposing north west pillar, were vereitetlt by strong winds.

In October 2006, a six-member Slovenian team opened up two new routes and thus marked the fifth and sixth ascent. Rok Blagus, Tine Cuder, Samo Krmelj and Matej Kladnik took on the north wall the way over the left couloir to the eastern ridge at about 7,100 m, while Marko Prezelj and Boris Lorencic climbed the northwest ridge in a six- day round trip. This tour gave Prezelj and Lorencic the Piolet d'Or in January 2007.

There is no evidence that the mountain whose official height is slightly above 7,300 m, has ever been measured precisely. His real amount could be closer to 7,000 m.