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This peak offers an enjoyable climb the
peak, also provides some of the most striking scenery in
the Khumbu. If the peak can be likened to an Island in a
glacial sea, than the main land forms a semicircle of
cliffs that rise in the north to the rugged summit of
Nuptse ( 7879m/ 25850ft ), Lhotse ( 9501m/27870ft),
Lhotse middle peak( 8410m/ 27590ft), as yet still
unclimbed and Lhotse Shar ( 8383m/ 27503ft ). To the
east, rising above the frozen waves of the Lhotse Shar
glacier, is Cho polu( 6734m/ 22093ft ), beyond which can
be seen the red granite mass of Makalu ( 8475m/
27805ft).
To the south of the Imja glacier and icy flutings of
Baruntse (7720m/ 25328ft) and the Amphu peaks lead the
eye to the lofty pinnacle of Ama Dablam ( 6856m/ 22493ft
), which is liked a giant sea – stack guarding the
entrance to the glacial bay in which Island peak stands. |
