shishapangma

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2\|Shishapangma
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Elevation:	8,013 metres (26,289 feet) Ranked 14th
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Latitude:	28° 21′ N
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Longitude:	85° 47′ E
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Location:	Tibet
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Range:	Langtang Himal
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|First ascent:	1964 by a Chinese team
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Easiest route:	snow/ice climb

Shishapangma is the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the eight-thousanders. Shishapangma was the last 8,000 metre peak to be climbed. Alternate names of Shishapangma include Gosainthan, Xixabangma and Xixabangma Feng. Shishapangma was first climbed on May 2 1964 by Hsu Ching and his ten man Chinese expedition. On 11 December 2004, Jean-Christophe Lafaille, a French climber, climbed the first solo ascension of a eight-thousander from a new route in the South face. On 14 January 2005, Piotr Morawski, a Polish climber and Simone Moro a Italy climber - climbed the first ascension of a eight-thousander in winter.

External link

Shishapangma on Peakware

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