I understand that Shishapangma is an easy 8000m climb. How hard is it?
Shisha is often called an “easy” 8000m mountain in the sense that there is almost no technical climbing (e.g. vertical walls). However there is always avalanche dangers plus the biggest challenges is that it actually has two summits. Many climbers who claim they have summited Shisha have actually only attained the fore-summit (Central Summit). The true summit (Main Summit) is another 3 meters (12 feet) higher but requires a traverse of a knife edge ridge or a circuitous route from the Central Summit Ridge to reach it.
