Pangboche
Pangboche पाङ्बोचे | |
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Village | |
Pangboche with Ama Dablam mountain behind | |
27°51′N 86°48′E / 27.850°N 86.800°E / 27.850; 86.800 | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Province No. 1 |
Zone | Sagarmatha Zone |
District | Solukhumbu District |
Area | Khumjung |
Elevation | 3,985 m (13,074 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
Pangboche or Panboche is a village in Khumjung Village Development Committee of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of Nepal at an altitude of 13,074 feet (3,985 m).[1] The name comes from Tibetain Laungage where Pang means "to embrace" and boche means "home".[2] It is located high in the Himalayas in the Imja Khole valley, about 3 kilometres northeast of Tengboche and is a base camp for climbing the nearby Ama Dablam and trekking. It contains a monastery, famed for its purported yeti scalp and hand, the latter of which was stolen.[3] The village is inhabited mainly by Sherpas, and Sungdare Sherpa, a native of the village, held the record for summiting Everest five times in the Sherpa climbing history and in the world history of mountaineering in 1989.[4] The Pangboche school was built by Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust in 1963. North of the village is the Dughla lake and pass.
See also
References
- ^ Deutschle, Phil (1 May 2012). The Two-Year Mountain: A Nepal Journey. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-84162-385-6. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ Alliance, Treks. "Pangboche". Pangboche.
- ^ Paris match. April 1973. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ Kunwar, Ramesh Raj (1989). Fire of Himal: an anthropological study of the Sherpas of Nepal Himalayan region. Nirala Publications. p. 100. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
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