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Rongbuk Monastery was founded in 1902 by the Nyingmapa Lama Ngawang Tenzin Norbu [4] in an area of meditation huts and caves that had been in use by communities of nuns since the 18th century. [10] Hermitage meditation caves dot the cliff walls all around the monastery complex and up and down the valley.
The Rongbuk Glacier (simplified Chinese: 绒布冰川; traditional Chinese: 絨布冰川; pinyin: Róngbù Bīngchuān) is located in the Himalaya of southern Tibet. Two large tributary glaciers, the East Rongbuk Glacier and the West Rongbuk Glacier , flow into the main Rongbuk Glacier.
The road leads to Rongbuk Monastery, with dramatic views of the north face of Mount Everest. From the Rombuk guest house, all tourists were required to take the horse-drawn carriages or small buses managed by the government to limit the traffic on the last stretch of gravel road to a marked hill at 5,200 metres above sea level, just before the ...
On 15 May, the expedition members received the blessings of the Lama at the Rongbuk Monastery. As the weather started to improve, Norton, Mallory, Somervell and Odell arrived on 19 May at Camp III. One day later, they started to fix ropes on the icy slopes to the North Col. They erected Camp IV on 21 May at a height of 7,000 metres (22,970 ft).
Two days later, at Chobuk they reached the foot of the Rongbuk valley and were then able to see Everest. [25] Ten miles further was the snout of the Rongbuk Glacier [b] near where they pitched base camp at 5,000 metres (16,500 ft), just beyond the Rongbuk Monastery (Mallory called it "Chöyling" [13]). [26]
Map of Everest region Rongbuk Monastery, Mount Everest in the background. The journey to base camp primarily followed the route used in 1921. Starting in India, the expedition members gathered in Darjeeling at the end of March 1922. Some participants had arrived one month earlier to organize and recruit porters.
The preserve holds Rongbuk Monastery, the highest monastery in the world at 4,500 meters and the highest agricultural fields in the world at 4,300 meters. In addition, the preserve has key pilgrimage sites for Tibetan Buddhism’s most famous poet saint, Milarepa .
The Rongbuk Monastery, with Mount Everest's north face (background). The expedition members were blessed at the monastery by the lama. Ruttledge wrote of this first close and detailed view of the mountains: "Darkness began to fall as long clouds drifted across the summit. We descended to camp in a mood of qualified optimism.