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2002: More Peaks opened
2003: More Peaks opened
More peaks opened
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Mai 2002

The government has announced the opening of nine more peaks for mountaineering effective from the spring of 2001. With these, the total number of Himalayan peaks opened for mountaineering has reached 160.

The new peaks opened for climbing include...

8,413-meters high Lhotse Middle
7,590-m high Peak 38
7,036-m Hunchi
6,677-m Numri
6,500-m Tengkangpoche
5,927-m Nheserku peak in the Mahalangur mountain range of Solukhumbu district
6,251-m P2 in the Manaslu range
6,012-m Thapa peak in the Dhaulagiri range
5,751-m Thorang peak in the Annapurna range.

The newly opened peaks are located in the districts of Gorkha, Mustang, Manang and Solukhumbu.

With the opening of the 8,000-meter-plus high Lhotse Middle, the number of 8,000-meter-plus mountains opened for mountaineering has reached 13. Other 8,000-meter-plus being Mt Everest, Kanchanjungha Main, Kanchanjungha South, Kanchanjungha West (Yalungkang), Lhotse Main, Lhotse sar, Makalu, Manaslu, Cho Oyu, Annapurna and Dhaulagiri.

The Spring mountaineering season began on March 1 and will end on May 31 when all the teams will be required to quit climbing and retreat from the mountains before the monsoon dumps heavy snow mixed with storm making climbing almost impossible.

Mai 2003

Government opens 50 more mountains

On the occasion of golden jubilee celebrations of the first ascent of the Mount Everest, the Government today opened 50 more mountains for mountaineers. According to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation with this, the total number of mountains open for mountaineers has reached to 326. Among the newly opened summits, the highest is Mount Kabra, 7,318 metres. Mount Kabra is in Kanchanjungha mountain range.

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