Dias 10 y 11. DINGBOCHE - CHUKHUNG - ISLAND PEAK B.C.
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.19 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,972 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 449 ft
- Max elevation
- 16,666 ft
- TrailRank
- 51
- Min elevation
- 14,132 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- one day 2 hours 48 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1725
- Uploaded
- August 9, 2022
- Recorded
- November 2018
near Diṅboche, Province 1 (Nepal)
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Route made on 6 and 7/11/2018
Chukhung Valley is located on the southern slopes of Lhotse and Nuptse next to Lho Glacier and Nup Glacier, the western slopes of Cho Polu and Baruntse next to Imja Glaciers, and the northern slopes of Ama Dablam. It stretches west past the town of Dingboche where it joins the Pheriche Valley
Today we woke up prepared for a great day. The first thing is that today I am turning 50, and the boys have brought me a cake to celebrate it. Few people can say that it has completed half a century in the middle of the Himalayas, next to the largest mountains on the planet. On the other hand, our small group will enter the Chukhung Valley for three days to undertake the ascent of Imja Tse, more commonly called Island Peak. We will approach the Base Camp in two days, to stock up on the necessary material for the ascent. As these first two days are short, I have joined them in a single post.
On this first day we will travel east through the valley to the town of Chukhung, on a 5-kilometer route that we will complete in just two and a half hours. The path runs along the north shore of the Imja Khola in a gentle ascent devoid of any difficulty, crossing a stream that comes down from the Nuptse glacier. We will walk calmly and unhurriedly, contemplating the enormity of the valley with the imposing figure of the Island Peak that is approaching little by little, as if provoking us. Upon arrival in Chukhung, we settle into the Khang-ri Resort Lodge, where we will rent the necessary material for the ascent the day after tomorrow, boots, crampons, harnesses, etc. We dedicate the rest of the day to rest, acclimatize and save strength for the days ahead.
The next day we have breakfast and with the equipment we rented yesterday we will head east along a well-marked path that crests between the Lhotse and Ama Dablam glaciers and enters a small neck that ends up in a wide esplanade where impassively crosses the Imja Khola. We will cross the esplanade to go back up a rockier path. The enormous silhouettes of Baruntse, Num Ri and Cho Polu are already appearing in front of us, but what leaves us stupefied is the enormous mass of Lhotse that rises before us brutally from the north. Beneath it sits our destination for tomorrow, the Islan Peak, which in the shadow of its older brother isn't so scary.
After fording a quarry under the southwestern slope of Islad Peak, the trail turns left and opens wide to skirt the northwestern shore of Imja Tsho or Imja Lake, and heads right through open country to Islan Peak Base Camp. After assigning us the tents to sleep, we will eat in a large tent and spend part of the afternoon practicing on a nearby slope with our anchors and ropes. We will have dinner and go to bed very early, because at 2 in the morning we must get up to start the ascent.
Chukhung Valley is located on the southern slopes of Lhotse and Nuptse next to Lho Glacier and Nup Glacier, the western slopes of Cho Polu and Baruntse next to Imja Glaciers, and the northern slopes of Ama Dablam. It stretches west past the town of Dingboche where it joins the Pheriche Valley
Today we woke up prepared for a great day. The first thing is that today I am turning 50, and the boys have brought me a cake to celebrate it. Few people can say that it has completed half a century in the middle of the Himalayas, next to the largest mountains on the planet. On the other hand, our small group will enter the Chukhung Valley for three days to undertake the ascent of Imja Tse, more commonly called Island Peak. We will approach the Base Camp in two days, to stock up on the necessary material for the ascent. As these first two days are short, I have joined them in a single post.
On this first day we will travel east through the valley to the town of Chukhung, on a 5-kilometer route that we will complete in just two and a half hours. The path runs along the north shore of the Imja Khola in a gentle ascent devoid of any difficulty, crossing a stream that comes down from the Nuptse glacier. We will walk calmly and unhurriedly, contemplating the enormity of the valley with the imposing figure of the Island Peak that is approaching little by little, as if provoking us. Upon arrival in Chukhung, we settle into the Khang-ri Resort Lodge, where we will rent the necessary material for the ascent the day after tomorrow, boots, crampons, harnesses, etc. We dedicate the rest of the day to rest, acclimatize and save strength for the days ahead.
The next day we have breakfast and with the equipment we rented yesterday we will head east along a well-marked path that crests between the Lhotse and Ama Dablam glaciers and enters a small neck that ends up in a wide esplanade where impassively crosses the Imja Khola. We will cross the esplanade to go back up a rockier path. The enormous silhouettes of Baruntse, Num Ri and Cho Polu are already appearing in front of us, but what leaves us stupefied is the enormous mass of Lhotse that rises before us brutally from the north. Beneath it sits our destination for tomorrow, the Islan Peak, which in the shadow of its older brother isn't so scary.
After fording a quarry under the southwestern slope of Islad Peak, the trail turns left and opens wide to skirt the northwestern shore of Imja Tsho or Imja Lake, and heads right through open country to Islan Peak Base Camp. After assigning us the tents to sleep, we will eat in a large tent and spend part of the afternoon practicing on a nearby slope with our anchors and ropes. We will have dinner and go to bed very early, because at 2 in the morning we must get up to start the ascent.
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