Shishapangma - South Side
Trip Overview
Starting on 31 August 2019, Expedition Base will be offering an expedition to Shishapangma, also known as Gosainthan, via the south side of the mountain.
Many climbers go to Shishapangma with strong ambitions of reaching the true summit via the normal route only to be thwarted by conditions on the long, final ridge to the summit.
With a greater chance of success to reach the true summit via the more direct route on the south-west face, Expedition Base will be leading a trip to the south side of the mountain and invites experienced mountaineers to join this expedition.
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Services available:
- Full service- Base Camp service, plus route setting fee
Minimum team size: 4 persons
Maximum team size: 8 persons
About Shishapangma
Shishapangma is the only 8,000m peak that sits wholly within Tibet (China), located in south-central Tibet (China). Cho-Oyu and Everest both sit on the border with Nepal. It is the 14th highest peak in the world and is the lowest of all the 8,000m peaks.
The standard route is to climb Shishapangma from the north side, along the northwest ridge. Via this route, a majority of climbers only reach the lower central summit, and are unable to reach the true summit, often due to the conditions of the long ridge leading to the true summit.
The route of this expedition will be from the south side, up the southwest face, along the 1982 ‘British route’ (the right hand couloir) or a variation to this route (as determined by mountain conditions). This is a more technical route than the normal route, and an exhilarating one, but a more direct route to the true summit.
This trip will be professionally led by one of the world’s leading high altitude mountain guides and mountaineers, Lakpa Sherpa.
The trip will start and end in Kathmandu (Nepal) and the team will cross the border from Nepal to Tibet (China) by land at Kyirong (the border crossing that opened in September 2017, around 70kms from Zhangmu, the old border crossing). From the border, the team will travel to Nylam and then travel to Shishapangma’s south base camp.
