Pangboche

Pangboche or Panboche is a village in Khumjung VDC of Solukhumbu District, Nepal at an altitude of 13,074 feet (3,985 m).[1] It is located high in the Himalaya in the Imja Khole valley, about 3 kilometres northeast of Tengboche and is a base camp for climbing nearby Ama Dablam and trekking. It contains a monastery, famed for its purported yeti scalp and hand, the latter of which was stolen.[2] The village is inhabited mainly by Sherpas, and Sungdare Sherpa, a native of the village, had the record for summiting Everest five times in the Sherpa climbing history and in the world history of mountaineering in 1989.[3] The Pangboche school was built by Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust in 1963. North of the village is the Dughla lake and pass.

For the crater on Mars, see Pangboche (crater).
Pangboche

पाङबोचे
Village
Pangboche with Ama Dablam behind
Pangboche
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°51′N 86°48′E
Country   Nepal
ZoneSagarmatha Zone
DistrictSolukhumbu District
AreaKhumjung
Elevation
3,985 m (13,074 ft)
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. Paris match. April 1973. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  3. 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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