It is sometimes referred to as a German-American expedition, as the eight climbers included Rand Herron, an American, and Fritz Wiessner, who would become an American citizen the following year. The first German expedition to Nanga Parbat was led by Willy Merkl in 1932. Nanga Parbat was therefore the highest mountain accessible to Germans and was also deemed reasonably possible by climbers at the time. K2 was known to be harder still, and its remoteness meant that even reaching its base would be a major undertaking. Initially German efforts focused on Kangchenjunga, to which Paul Bauer led two expeditions in 19, but with its long ridges and steep faces Kangchenjunga was more difficult than Everest and neither expedition made much progress. The German mountaineers were unable to attempt Mount Everest, since only the British had access to Tibet. In the 1930s, Nanga Parbat became the focus of German interest in the Himalayas. Mummery led an expedition to the peak, accompanied by Geoffrey Hastings, and reached almost 6,100 m (20,000 ft) on the Diamir (West) Face, but Mummery and two Gurkha companions later died reconnoitering the Rakhiot Face. See also: 1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disasterĪs a result of its accessibility, attempts to reach the summit of Nanga Parbat began very soon after it was discovered by Europeans. On the Tibetan Plateau Nanga Parbat is the westernmost peak of the Himalayas whereas Namcha Barwa marks the east end. The key col for Nanga Parbat is Zoji La in Kashmir Valley, which connects it to higher peaks in the remaining Himalaya-Karakoram range. Nanga Parbat is also the second most prominent peak of the Himalayas, after Mount Everest. The other mountain is the famous Mount Everest, which ranks first on both lists. Nanga Parbat is one of only two peaks on Earth that rank in the top twenty of both the highest mountains in the world, and the most prominent peaks in the world, ranking ninth and fourteenth respectively. To the north, the complex, somewhat more gently sloped Rakhiot Flank rises 7,000 m (23,000 ft) from the Indus River valley to the summit in just 25 km (16 mi), one of the ten greatest elevation gains in such a short distance on Earth. To the south, Nanga Parbat has what is often referred to as the highest mountain face in the world: the Rupal Face rises 4,600 m (15,090 ft) above its base. Nanga Parbat has tremendous vertical relief over local terrain in all directions. Rakhiot glacier is located on part of the mountain The mountain is known locally by its Tibetan name Diamer or Deo Mir, meaning "huge mountain". The name Nanga Parbat is derived from the Sanskrit words nagna and parvata, which, when combined, translate to "Naked Mountain". An immense, dramatic peak rising far above its surrounding terrain, Nanga Parbat is known to be a difficult climb, and has earned the nickname Killer Mountain for its high number of climber fatalities. Nanga Parbat is one of the 14 eight-thousanders. Lying immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Nanga Parbat is the westernmost major peak of the Himalayas, and thus in the traditional view of the Himalayas as bounded by the Indus and Yarlung Tsangpo/ Brahmaputra rivers, it is the western anchor of the entire mountain range. 'naked mountain'), known locally as Diamer ( Shina: دیآمر, lit.'King of the Mountains'), is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, its summit at 8,126 m (26,660 ft) above sea level. Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistanģ July 1953 by Hermann Buhl on 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expeditionįirst winter ascent: 16 February 2016 by Simone Moro, Alex Txicon and Ali Sadpara
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