Chomo Lhari , peak, 23,997 ft (7,314 m) high, on the Bhutan-China border, in the Himalayas. It is sacred to the Tibetans.
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BUDDHIST MONASTERY DESTROYED BY FIRE.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 4/22/1998; 81 words;
... built on the face of a 2,500-foot cliff towering above the road from Paro in Bhutan to the Tibetan border near Mount Chomo Lhari, had existed in some form since the ninth century, Bhutanese say. ``It was one of our most sacred monasteries,'' said ...
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At this resort
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/2/2004; 278 words;
... 20 minutes from Bhutan's only international airport, in Paro, in the shadow of a 17th-century fortress monastery and Chomo Lhari, a 24,000-foot peak and one of the kingdom's most sacred mountains. The Amanrila includes a spa, a library and a restaurant ...
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Golden axe awarded.(Piolet D'Or awarded to Marko Prezelj and Boris Lorencic)(Brief article)
Geographical; 4/1/2007; 99 words;
... outstanding mountaineering achievements throughout the year. The Slovenians completed to first ascent of 7,315-metre Chomo Lhari's northwest pillar, contending with difficult and changeable weather conditions. The pair's six-day ascent of the peak ...
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The last Shangri-La. (Bhutan)
World and I; 11/1/1998; Nordbye, Masha; 2798 words;
... understand why the summit of Bhutan's sacred mountain Chomo Lhari, rising to twenty-four thousand feet, was considered ... Spencer Chapman, the first man to attempt a climb of Chomo Lhari, thought it to be the most beautiful mountain in the ...
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Buying adventure - with or without frills. (includes list of travel-adventure outfitters)
U.S. News & World Report; 1/12/1987; Bauer, Betsy; 1333 words;
... Darjeeling, India. The trip includes a hike on the Ningula Ridge, where herdsmen graze their yaks in the shadows of Chomo Lhari, one of Bhutan's highest peaks. Trekking expeditions vary widely, with longer jaunts at high altitudes being the most ...
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