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.

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Mount Everest Southwest Face 1

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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

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Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz climbed Everest South-West Face
Everest the Hard Way setting Everest South-West Face
this entity surface form: Mount Everest Southwest Face