Kharta Changri

Kharta Changri is a mountain in the Himalayas which lies at the head of the Kharta valley in Tibet, a few km from the border with Nepal.

Location

The Himalayan peak is located at above sea level, 15.6 km north northeast of Mount Everest in the Tingri district of Shigatse, Tibet.

Climbing history

Towards the end of the 1935 British [Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition] Charles Warren, Edwin Kempson and Michael Spender set out to survey the area east of Everest. On 27 July 1935, whilst Spender was surveying, Kempson and Warren made the first ascent of Kharta Changri.