Parchamo (also Pharchamo, Parchemuche, Parchoma, Pachermo Peak or Pachhermo Peak) is a high

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in the

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mountain range of the

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. It is located on the boundary between the

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and the

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. The summit offers a view of

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and

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with good visibility. On the north flank of Parchamo is the high Tashi Lapcha (Tesi Lapcha) pass, which leads from the Drolambao glacier in the west to the mountain village of

Namche Bazaar Namche Bazaar (also Namche Bazar, Nemche Bazaar or Namche Baza; ) is a town (formally Namche Village Development Committee) in ward no 5 Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu District of Koshi Province in northeastern Nepal. I ...

in the east. North of the Tashi Lapcha pass rises the high

Tengi Ragi Tau Tengi Ragi Tau, also known as Agole, is a mountain in Nepal. Description Tengi Ragi Tau is a summit on the western boundary of Sagarmatha National Park in the Nepalese Himalayas. It is set on the border shared by the Dolakha District and the S ...

. To the south, a ridge leads from Parchamo to the Likhu Chuli. The

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of Parchamo was made by a UK expedition led by

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in 1955, Phil Boultbee and Dennis Davis reached the summit on 18 April 1955.

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