Pumori

Nearly 500 people had summited Pumori by 2005, at a cost of 42 lives. Jim Bridwell led the climbing expedition to Pumori. ==Ascents==

• 1962 first ascent by Gerhard Lenser of a German-Swiss expedition. • 1974 West Face new route by Alpine Club Unpo, Japan, summit reached by Minoru Takagi and Nobuyaki Kaneko on Oct 13.), Ned Gillette, January 6, Everest Grand Circle Expedition, book copyright 1985 Mountaineers Publishing, Seattle Washington • 1986 East Face new route by Hiroshi Aota and Yoshiki Sasahara (Japan) over three days, summiting on December 3. • 1986 1985 Catalan Route on East Face, solo by Todd Bibler, summit reached December 5. • 2002 Three women (Leila Bahrami, Mitra Nazari, and Farhondeh) from an Iranian expedition reached the summit on October 20 via the southeast face to the east ridge. The Sherpas twice stopped opening the route to the team as they did not expect the women to manage the difficulties. • 2017 First Winter Ascent of the peak was made by a Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara. ==Ski attempts==

• 1995 Jim Zellers and Tom Burt completed the first snowboard descent of Pumori. • 2013 Seb de Sainte Marie and Paul Holding unsuccessfully attempted to climb and ski the West Face. ==Accidents==

• In late October 1988 two Icelandic climbers died on the mountain. They were found 30 years later, in November 2018 by an American mountaineer. • In 1989 a team of four Spanish climbers were killed in an avalanche on Pumori, and again in September 2001 another Spanish team was killed in an avalanche. • On 19 October 2002, five Basque mountaineers were swept 600–800 metres down the southeast face by an avalanche caused by seracs falling above them. • On 25 April 2015 a 7.8 MW earthquake struck Nepal and triggered several avalanches on and around Mount Everest, including one that hit Everest Base Camp. A witness described it as "a huge avalanche coming off Pumori". The avalanche traveled through part of the Khumbu Icefall and into the South Base Camp. At least 19 were killed. == Gallery ==

File:Pumori-Lingtren-Khumbutse (cropped).jpg|The 2015 Everest avalanche is reported to have started between Pumori (Left) and Lingtren (middle peak) Khumbutse to the right. File:Pumo Ri, Nepal.jpg|Pumori and Lingtren File:Pumori-fromKalaPattar2.jpg|Pumori from Kala Patthar File:Khangri Shar and Pumori.jpg|Khangri Shar (left) and Pumori ==References==