Geneva Spur

For other uses, see Geneva (disambiguation).
Geneva Spur
Looking up at Lhotse, Geneva Spur on the left bank
ElevationStarts at about 24,000 ft (7,300 m)[1]
LocationMount Everest
RangeHimalayas

The Geneva Spur, named Eperon des Genevois[2] and has also been called the Saddle Rib[3] is a geological feature on Mount Everest—it is a large rock buttress near the summits of Everest and Lhotse.[4][5] The Geneva spur is above Camp III and the Yellow Band, but before Camp IV and South Col.[4] It is a spur[6] near the south col. A related formation is the saddle[7] between the peaks of Mount Everest and Lhotse.

The altitude of the spur is between 25,000 and 26,000 feet (7,600 and 7,900 m).[5]

The Geneva Spur name comes from the 1952 Swiss Mount Everest Expedition.[4] The spur provides a route to the South Col, and is usually traversed by climbers heading for Lhotse or Everest summits.[8][4]

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.[5] Lhotse climbers typically head southeast from Geneva Spur, and on to a couloir to ascend that summit.[5]

  1. ^ The Way to the Summit
  2. ^ Baron John Hunt Hunt & John Hunt (1993). The Ascent of Everest. p. 132. ISBN 9780898863611.
  3. ^ G. O. Dyhrenfurth. To the Third Pole (1955 ed.). Werner Laurie. "Chapter Two [...] Saddle Rib"
  4. ^ a b c d Grylls, Bear (2004). The Kid Who Climbed Everest. p. 226. ISBN 9781592284931.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference george was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "NOVA Online | Everest | Climb South | the Way to the Summit".
  7. ^ "Erövringen av Mount Everest". 23 April 2003.
  8. ^ "Dave Hahn Achieves His 13th Summit of Mt. Everest". May 24, 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-01.