Drohmo (also known as ''Drohmo Ri'') is a multi-peaked mountain located at in

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Location

Drohmo is located in Janak mountain range in Eastern Nepal Mountain Range. The peak is 3.5km north east of Tengkoma, 5.4km south of Janak Chuli on Nepal China border, and 7.8km west of Pathibhara Chuli. In addition to the main summit at , the Drohmo also has a central summit at m and an east summit m. A sub-peak ''Drohmo II'' rises even further to the east with at .

Climbing history

Drohmo was first attempted by a Swiss team in 1949, but they were unsuccessful. Till date, no one has summited the main Drohmo peak. However, the central summit was first climbed in 1998 by

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and Roger Mear via the south pillar. Another ascent of the central summit in 2002 was successfully executed by the Slovene Aleš Koželj and Mitja Šorn but they took a different route via the south pillar.

References

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