# Cholatse > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cholatse > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cholatse.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholatse > Source revision: 1355629509 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Mountain in Khumbu, Nepal}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Cholatse | image = Cholatse Peak, Nepal, Himalayas.jpg | image_caption = Cholatse from the east | elevation_m = 6440 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m =726 | prominence_ref= | range = [Khumbu Himal](/source/Himalaya) | location = [Khumbu](/source/Khumbu), Nepal | map = Nepal | map_caption = Location in Nepal | map_size = | label_position = left | coordinates = {{Coord|type:mountain_region:NP_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | first_ascent = 1982 by Vern Clevenger, Galen Rowell, John Roskelley, Bill O'Conner, and Peter Hackett | easiest_route = glacier/snow/ice climb }} '''Cholatse''' ({{langx|ne|चोलात्से}}), also known as '''Jobo Lhaptshan''', is a mountain in the [Khumbu](/source/Khumbu) region of the Nepalese [Himalaya](/source/Himalaya). Cholatse is connected to [Taboche](/source/Taboche) (6,501m) by a long ridge, with the Chola [glacier](/source/glacier) descending from the mountain's east face. The north and east faces of Cholatse can be seen from [Dughla](/source/Dughla), on the trail to [Mount Everest](/source/Mount_Everest) base camp.{{cite book |title=Everest: A Trekker's Guide: Base Camp, Kala Patthar, Gokyo Ri. Trekking routes in Nepal and Tibet |first=Radek|last=Kucharski |publisher=Cicerone Press Limited |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-78362-962-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UjTZEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT222 }} There is a lake just below this pass to the east, and in Tibetan 'cho' is lake, 'la' is pass, and 'tse' is peak so Cholatse means literally "lake pass peak".{{cite web |url=http://www.summitpost.org/cholatse/215085 |title=Cholatse |website=summitpost.org |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-date=8 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308223039/http://www.summitpost.org/cholatse/215085 |url-status=live }} Cholatse was first climbed via the southwest ridge on 22 April 1982, by [Vern Clevenger](/source/Vern_Clevenger), [Galen Rowell](/source/Galen_Rowell), [John Roskelley](/source/John_Roskelley), [Bill O'Connor](/source/Bill_O'Connor_(mountaineer_and_writer)) and Peter Hackett.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObC-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT598 |page=598 |title=Himalaya: The Exploration and Conquest of the Greatest Mountains on Earth |first=Philip |last=Parker |publisher=Anova Books |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-84486-238-2 }} The mountain's north face was first climbed in 1984. ==Notable ascents== * 1996 ''North Face'' – First ascent by a French team (Boris Badaroux, Philippe Batoux, Marc Challamel, Christophe Mora, Paul Robach (leader)). The climb took three days, the route (IV+, 90°, 1600m) started at the center of the north face, with sharp turns to the right at the beginning, then left at the middle and finally taking a turn to the right to join the northwest ridge that led the team to the summit. * 2005 ''North Face'' – first ascent in winter by Korean team (Park Jung-hun, Choi Gang-sik), 16 January 2005. * 2005 ''North Face'' – first solo ascent, by [Ueli Steck](/source/Ueli_Steck), 15 April 2005. * 2005 ''Southwest Ridge'' – summit reached by [Kevin Thaw](/source/Kevin_Thaw), [Conrad Anker](/source/Conrad_Anker), Kris Erickson, John Griber and Abby Watkins on 12 May 2005.{{cite web |title=The Himalayan Cataract Project team Summits Cholatse! |work=MountEverest.net |publisher=ExplorersWeb |date=12 May 2005 |url=http://www.mounteverest.net/story/TheHimalayanCataractProjectteamSummitsCholatseMay122005.shtml |access-date=1 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011182031/http://www.mounteverest.net/story/TheHimalayanCataractProjectteamSummitsCholatseMay122005.shtml |archive-date=11 October 2008 |url-status=dead }} * 2010 ''North Face (new variant)'' – A team (Galya Cibitoke, Alexander Gukov, Sergei Kondrashkin, Viktor Koval, and Valery Shamalo) from St. Petersburg, Russia, made an ascent of a new variant of the north face at the end of the calendar winter. The route ascended a huge rock buttress on the right of the French route of 1996, which it joined at ca.5,900m. The route's difficulty was Russian 6B, VI+, A2, 80°, 1,600m. * 2021 ''North Face left flank'' – Five members from an eight-member French expedition opened a new route on the left flank of Cholatse's north face/northeast face. After five days of climbing (25–29 October), the French reached the top. The route was named ''Brothers In Arms'' (ED, VI, M5+, WI5, 1,600m) and was dedicated to three of their colleagues (Thomas Arfi, Gabriel Miloche and Louis Pachoud) who went missing after an avalanche on Mingbo Eiger (6,070m) southeast of [Ama Dablam](/source/Ama_Dablam) on 26 October. ==Gallery==
File:Cholatse (left) and Arakam Tse (right).jpg|Cholatse (left) and [Arakam Tse](/source/Arakam_Tse) (right) File:Himalayas, Cholatse, Nepal.jpg|Cholatse from Cho La Pass File:Cholatse's normal route.jpg|The icefall below the headwall on the normal route (southwest-west ridge) during winter File:Cholatse from the north.jpg|North face of Cholatse seen from Lobuche East. (1) French Route (Badaroux-Batoux-Challamel-Mora-Robach, 1995). The dotted line shows the Korean variations during the first winter ascent (Park Jung-hun-Chai Kang-sik, 2005). (2) 2010 Russian Route. (Credit:Joel Kauffman) File:Cholatse's 2021 north face route.jpg|''"Brothers In Arms"'' route File:Mt.cholatse-and-cholo-lake.jpg|Cholatse (left) and Arakam Tse (right)
==References== {{Reflist|refs= {{cite aaj | article_id=12201132802 | title=Cholatse (6,440m) North Face, Calendar Winter Ascent, Russian Route | year=2011 | first=Anna | last=Piunova | volume=53 | issue=85 | access-date=2025-08-30}} {{cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Dougald |title=Solo on Cholatse and Tawoche |work=Climbing.com Hot Flashes |publisher=Climbing magazine |date=13 July 2005 |url=http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/uelisteckcumul/ |access-date=1 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228061927/http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/uelisteckcumul/ |archive-date=28 February 2009 |url-status=dead }} {{cite peakware |id=941 |name=Cholatse |access-date=14 April 2015 }} {{cite web |last=Robach |first=Paul |title=Cholatse North Face |publisher=French Mountaineering Federation |date=1996 |url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199628103/Asia-Nepal-Cholatse-North-Face |access-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816125530/https://aac-publications.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/aaj/1996/PDF/AAJ_1996_38_70_281c.pdf |archive-date=16 August 2023 |url-status=dead }} {{cite web |last=Benavides |first=Angela |title=The French Team Wraps Up in the Khumbu — Two New Routes, Three Lost Friends |publisher=Explorers Web |date=2021 |url=https://explorersweb.com/the-french-team-wraps-up-in-the-khumbu-two-new-routes-three-lost-friends/ |access-date=28 November 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230906174358/https://explorersweb.com/the-french-team-wraps-up-in-the-khumbu-two-new-routes-three-lost-friends/ |archive-date=6 September 2023 }} }} Category:Mountains of Koshi Province Category:Six-thousanders of the Himalayas {{Nepal-mountain-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cholatse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholatse) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholatse?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.