Baruntse
Encyclopedia
Baruntse is a mountain
in the Khumbu
region of eastern Nepal
, crowned by four peaks and bounded on the south by the Hunku Glacier
, on the east by the Barun Glacier, and on the northwest by the Imja Glacier. The mountain was first climbed May 30, 1954 via the south ridge by Colin Todd and Geoff Harrow of a New Zealand
expedition.
On October 24, 2010, the famed Sherpa
climber, Chhewang Nima
, was struck by an avalanche near the summit of Baruntse, his climbing agency said. He was fixing ropes at an elevation of 7045 m (23,114 ft) while guiding a private expedition trying to reach the summit.
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
in the Khumbu
Khumbu
Khumbu is located in northeastern Nepal on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. It is part of the Solukhumbu District, which in turn is part of the Sagarmatha Zone. Khumbu is one of three subregions of the main Khambu and Sherpa settlement of the Himalaya, the other two being Solu and Pharak...
region of eastern Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
, crowned by four peaks and bounded on the south by the Hunku Glacier
Hunku Glacier
The Hunku Glacier is located in the Khumbu of eastern Nepal and forms the southern base of Baruntse ....
, on the east by the Barun Glacier, and on the northwest by the Imja Glacier. The mountain was first climbed May 30, 1954 via the south ridge by Colin Todd and Geoff Harrow of a New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
expedition.
On October 24, 2010, the famed Sherpa
Sherpa people
The Sherpa are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas. Sherpas migrated from the Kham region in eastern Tibet to Nepal within the last 300–400 years.The initial mountainous migration from Tibet was a search for beyul...
climber, Chhewang Nima
Chhewang Nima
Chhewang Nima was a well known Nepalese Sherpa who had climbed Mount Everest 19 times, making him one ascent short of tying Apa Sherpa's record of 20 ascents....
, was struck by an avalanche near the summit of Baruntse, his climbing agency said. He was fixing ropes at an elevation of 7045 m (23,114 ft) while guiding a private expedition trying to reach the summit.