Everest South-West Face
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Everest South-West Face is a notoriously steep and technically challenging route on Mount Everest, famed for its extreme difficulty and historic ascents by elite mountaineers.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mount Everest Southwest Face | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Everest route
ⓘ
mountain climbing route ⓘ |
| altitudeEffect | very high altitude ⓘ |
| approachFrom | Khumbu region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climbingType |
high-altitude mountaineering
ⓘ
ice climbing ⓘ mixed climbing ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| difficulty | extremely high ⓘ |
| firstAscentBy | Chris Bonington-led British expedition ⓘ |
| firstAscentStyle | siege style ⓘ |
| firstAscentYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex route finding
ⓘ
large rock bands ⓘ steep ice fields ⓘ |
| hazard |
avalanches
ⓘ
extreme cold ⓘ rockfall ⓘ seracs ⓘ severe storms ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extreme technical difficulty
ⓘ
high objective danger ⓘ historic ascents ⓘ serious commitment required ⓘ steep terrain ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Himalayas
ⓘ
Mahalangur Himal NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mount Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountain | Mount Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableClimber |
Doug Scott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dougal Haston NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerzy Kukuczka NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Tasker NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Boardman NERFINISHED ⓘ Reinhold Messner NERFINISHED ⓘ Wojciech Kurtyka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic objective for elite alpinists
ⓘ
pioneering big-wall style at extreme altitude ⓘ |
| orientation | south-west face ⓘ |
| partOf | south side routes of Mount Everest ⓘ |
| prominenceIn | history of Himalayan mountaineering ⓘ |
| requires |
advanced technical climbing ability
ⓘ
elite mountaineering skills ⓘ high level of acclimatization ⓘ |
| status |
one of the most difficult routes on Mount Everest
ⓘ
rarely climbed ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mount Everest Southwest Face