Rising sharply above Nepal's Khumbu valley on the trek to Everest Base Camp, this peak is prized for its near-perfect ridges and the hanging glacier that gives it the name meaning mother's necklace.
Even if you never climb it, the view of its pyramid from Tengboche is among the Himalaya's finest.
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