Mountains Of Travel Photos
Home | Shishapangma Main | Shishapangma References | Contact 

Shishapangma Photo Gallery - Shishapangma North

In July 2005, we traveled to Hong Kong, Tibet, Kathmandu, Bangkok and Singapore.

Shishapangma North 01 01 Shishapangma Checkpoint We drove about two hours from Tingri to the Shishapangma checkpoint, but we were disappointed to learn that we can't camp at base camp without a permit.

Shishapangma North 01 01 Shishapangma Checkpoint

Shishapangma North 01 02 Shishapangma Checkpoint Guesthouse Room So we stayed at the checkpoint guesthouse in a clean but basic room with mattresses on the floor.

Shishapangma North 01 02 Shishapangma Checkpoint Guesthouse Room

Shishapangma North 01 03 Labuche Kang From Shishapangma Checkpoint After dinner, I noticed a large white mountain glistening in the evening sun. I used binoculars and pleasantly discovered it was Labuche Kang (7367m, also called Lobuche Kang I or Choksiam). The first ascent of Labuche Kang was by a Chinese-Japanese team led by Yamamori that succeeded in 1987 after a first exploration carried on the year before.

Shishapangma North 01 03 Labuche Kang From Shishapangma Checkpoint

Shishapangma North 01 04 Siling Village House We walked to Siling village and enjoyed strolling around the houses. This is a fairly typical house, with yak dung drying in the foreground to later become fuel. The lower floor is for the animals, the upper floor for the people, and the roof for drying vegetables and spices.

Shishapangma North 01 04 Siling Village House

Shishapangma North 01 05 Nomads Near Siling Village As we walked back to the Shishapangma checkpoint guesthouse, we passed by a group of nomads camping next to the river near Siling village.

Shishapangma North 01 05 Nomads Near Siling Village

Shishapangma North 01 06 Full Team Photo Here is our full team photo at Shishapangma checkpoint guesthouse: Tibetan truck driver Tsering, cook's helper Nima Dorje, cook Palde, Tibetan guide Jigme, Nepalese guide Gyan, Sherpa Indraman, Sherpa Dawa, and Tibetan Land Cruiser driver Panchoul.

Shishapangma North 01 06 Full Team Photo

Shishapangma North 01 07 Shishapangma and Phola Ganchen From North Base Camp We drove to Shishapangma Base Camp (5000m), known locally as Chinese Base Camp, pleasantly situated on grassy patch alongside the river, raging in the monsoon. We waited a few hours, and finally the monsoon clouds lifted for a few minutes. On the left is Phola Ganchen (7661m) and to the right is Shishapangma (8012m).

Shishapangma North 01 07 Shishapangma and Phola Ganchen From North Base Camp

Shishapangma North 01 08 Shishapangma From North Base Camp Here’s a closer view of the 14th highest mountain in the world, Shishapangma, as it poked briefly out of the monsoon clouds.

Shishapangma North 01 08 Shishapangma From North Base Camp

Shishapangma North 01 09 Shishapangma Summit Close Up From North Base Camp Here’s a close-up of the Shishapangma summit area. In the centre of the photo is the Central Summit, and to the left, separated by a long unstable knife-edged snow ridge, is the slightly higher Main Summit (8012m).

Shishapangma North 01 09 Shishapangma Summit Close Up From North Base Camp


This album has 9 items in total    |    Album was updated 2009-03-12 06:22    |    Generated by Jalbum 8.0, custom skin ExhibitPlus 1.5