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Nanga Parbat >>
Nanga Parbat
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Location |
Gilgit, Baldistan, Korakoram Range, Pakistan |
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Altitude |
8,126m( 26,660 ft ) |
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Importance |
Ninth Highest Peak of The World |
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Best Trek Season |
June To September |
Nanga Parbat, whose name means Naked
Mountain, is the ninth highest mountain in the world, and the westernmost
mountain of the Himalayas. Its vast snowy face is a powerful spectacle when seen
from the arid Indus Valley, approaching the mountain from the west. Here the
mountain towers in isolation over 22,000 feet from the valley floor.
The mountain is easy to reach (China's
Karakoram Highway approaches the base of the mountain from the north), but is
not so easy to climb. Unstable glaciers and frequent storms and avalanches have
proved hazardous, most notably to the German party who first attempted the peak.
Herman Buhl successfully reached the summit, but this was only after having lost
eleven climbers and fifteen porters during the ascent. Many other climbers have
subsequently been killed on this mountain.
The First Attempts & Mountaineering
Expeditions
In 1960, the Swiss / Austrian expedition
who first reached the summit did so despite their airplane having crashed during
the approach. This was the first Himalayan climb supported by an airplane,
although the plane was subsequently abandoned on the mountain.
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