Imja Tse, better known as Island Peak, is located towards the eastern end of the Nepalese Himalaya. First named Island Peak in 1951 by the distinguished British mountaineer, Eric Shipton, he claimed it resembled ‘an island in a sea of ice’. It was initially conquered in 1953 by a British team preparing for an assault on Everest; in fact Tenzing Norgay was a team member on the first ascent.
Island Peak is a favourite of mountaineers, requiring little prior mountaineering experience. It should only be tackled though in the company of a highly trained mountaineering guide.
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