Kusum Kangguru

 Seen from a number of vantage points on the trail to and beyond Namche, one glance is sufficient to know that this mountain is a very serious climbing proposition .  Located south of Kangtega on the ridge on the Kyashar Himal which separates the valleys of the Dudh kosi and that of the Hinku, this savage-looking rock and ice peak has three summits : the main peak has three summits : the main peak at 5367m (20,889ft ) the East Summits  ( 5579ft: 18,304ft ) . Kusum Kangguru, whose name means ‘mountain house of three snow peaks has a reputation for being the most hard of the so –called trekking peaks. It‘s a complex mountain with five major ridges and as many faces (the west and South – West Faces are seen from Thadokosi). The climbing is said to be technicaly difficult, and it repelled four attempts by experienced parties before the first ascent was achieved by a Japanese team via the South – East face In 1979.