Lhotse Middle

Lhotse Middle
Lhotse Middle Lhotse, Khumbu, Nepal Lhotse, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China
Highest point
Elevation	8,410 m (27,590 ft)
Prominence	60 m (200 ft)
Isolation	0.43 km (0.27 mi)
Parent peak	Lhotse
Coordinates	27°57′40″N 86°58′17″E / 27.96111°N 86.97139°E / 27.96111; 86.97139Coordinates: 27°57′40″N 86°58′17″E / 27.96111°N 86.97139°E / 27.96111; 86.97139
Geography
Location	Lhotse, Khumbu, Nepal Lhotse, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China
Parent range	Himalayas
Climbing
First ascent	May 23, 2001
Easiest route	Snow/rock climb

Lhotse Middle is a subsidiary peak to Lhotse, and was the final eight-thousander to be summited. It is a sharp, jagged peak rising 8,410 metres (27,590 ft) high, and has been described as the most difficult peak over eight thousand meters to climb.

First ascent

Lhotse Middle was first climbed in 2001 by three groups of Russian climbers.^[1] At the time, it was the last unclimbed named eight-thousand-metre summit.^[2] Several members of the 2001 expedition had attempted to reach the summit in 1997, but bad weather forced them to abandon the attempt, and one climber was killed during the descent.^[3]

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