The Geneva Spur, named Eperon des Genevois and has also been called the Saddle Rib "Chapter Two ..Saddle Rib" is a geological feature on

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it is a large rock buttress near the summits of Everest and

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. The Geneva spur is above Camp III and the Yellow Band, but before Camp IV and

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. It is a

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near the south col. A related formation is the

saddle The saddle is a supportive structure for a rider of an animal, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. The most common type is equestrian. However, specialized saddles have been created for oxen, camels and other animals. It is not kno ...

between the peaks of Mount Everest and Lhotse. The altitude of the spur is between . The Geneva Spur name comes from the

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. The spur provides a route to the South Col, and is usually traversed by climbers heading for Lhotse or Everest summits. From the top of Geneva Spur, South Col can be seen, and when looking at it Mount Everest is on the left and Lhotse to the right. Lhotse climbers typically head southeast from Geneva Spur, and on to a

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to ascend that summit.

History

On the 1956 Swiss Everest–Lhotse Expedition, the spur was the location of the last high camp before Fritz Luchsinger and

Ernst Reiss Ernst Reiss (24 February 1920, Davos – 3 August 2010, Basel) was a Swiss mountaineer, who together with Fritz Luchsinger was the first to climb the fourth highest mountain on earth in 1956. On 18 May 1956, Reiss and Luchsinger successfully climb ...

achieved the first known ascent of Lhotse summit, on 18 May 1956.''Aargauer Zeitung'', 25 April 2006

Location on climbing routes to peaks of Everest and Lhotse

The Geneva spur is above the Yellow Band; on the Southeast Ridge climbing route, the Geneva Spur lies above Camp III, but lower than Camp IV (as of 2003) and

. The spur provides a route to the South Col, and is usually traversed by climbers heading for Lhotse or Everest summits.Dave Hahn Achieves His 13th Summit of Mt. Everest
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Additional descriptions

The Geneva Spur, n the 1955 translated edition of a 1952 book"is now called the Saddle Rib. It is flanked on either side by two steep

s, which after fresh falls of snow become dangerously exposed to avalanches, but after dry spells turn to grooves of bare ice". "Chapter Two ..Saddle Rib ..

References

External links

Geneva Spurparent gallery

Lhotse from Geneva SpurClimbers above the spur
{{Mount Everest Mount Everest Mountain spurs