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Also known as Pumo Ri

Pumori (, ) (or Pumo Ri) is a mountain on the Nepal–China border in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Pumori lies just eight kilometres west of Mount Everest. Pumori, meaning "the Mountain Daughter" in Sherpa language, was named by George Mallory. "Pumo" means young girl or daughter and "Ri" means mountain in Sherpa language. Climbers sometimes refer to Pumori as "Everest's Daughter". Mallory also called it Clare Peak, after his daughter.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Pumori
Mountain.photo
Pumori, Nepal, Asia.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
View of Pumori from Kala Patthar, Khumbu Valley
Mountain.elevation_m
7165
Mountain.prominence_m
1278
Mountain.label_position
left
Mountain.location
Solukhumbu District, Koshi Province, Nepal
Mountain.range
Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas
Mountain.mapframe
yes
Mountain.mapframe wikidata
yes
Mountain.first_ascent
1962 by Gerhard Lenser
Mountain.easiest_route
snow/ice climb
Chinese.s
普莫里峰
Chinese.t
普莫里峰
Chinese.hide
no

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Ascents
  • Ski attempts
  • Accidents
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  • References
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Pumori (, ) (or Pumo Ri) is a mountain on the Nepal–China border in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Pumori lies just eight kilometres west of Mount Everest. Pumori, meaning "the Mountain Daughter" in Sherpa language, was named by George Mallory. "Pumo" means young girl or daughter and "Ri" means mountain in Sherpa language. Climbers sometimes refer to Pumori as "Everest's Daughter". Mallory also called it Clare Peak, after his daughter.

Pumori is a popular climbing peak. The easiest route is graded class 3, although with significant avalanche danger. Pumori was first climbed on May 17, 1962, by Gerhard Lenser on a German-Swiss expedition. Two Czechs (Leopold Sulovský and Zdeněk Michalec) climbed a new route on the south face in the spring of 1996.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pumori” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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