Chamar is the highest peak of the Sringi (or Serang) Himal, which is a subrange of the Nepal

Nepal

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Chamar and the entire Sringi Himal lie in Central Nepal, just south of the Tibet

Tibet

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an border, between the Shyar Khola valley on the east and the Tom Khola—Trisuli Gandaki valley on the west. Chamar is about 90 km northwest of Kathmandu, and about 25 km east of Manaslu

Manaslu

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, the nearest eight-thousander

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Notable features

The Sringi Himal is small in land area and remote even by Himalayan standards; it has seen little visitation from outsiders.

Although low in elevation among the major mountains of Nepal, Chamar is exceptional in its steep rise above local terrain. For example, it rises 5500 m from the Tom Khola/Trisuli Gandaki confluence in a horizontal distance of about 13 km.

Climbing history

Interestingly, there is no record of attempts on this mountain prior to the successful first ascent in 1953. In May-June of that year, a party from New Zealand climbed the peak via the Northeast Ridge route, placing five camps.

The Himalayan Index lists three more unsuccessful attempts, in 1983, 1994, and 2000, but no more ascents of the peak.

Sources

• H. Adams Carter, "Classification of the Himalaya," American Alpine Journal
  American Alpine Journal
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• Jill Neate, High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks, ISBN 0-89886-238-8
• Himalayan Index
• DEM files for the Himalaya (Corrected versions of SRTM data)

External links

• A list of mountains ranked by local relief and steepness showing Chamar as the world #23.
• Picture of Chamar