Nanga Parbat (8125m) | mountain, summit, Eight-Thousander

Pakistan / Northern Areas / Gilgit /
 mountain, summit, Eight-Thousander
Elevation: 8125 meters (26,657 feet)

Nanga Parbat, (meaning Naked Mountain), is the 9th highest mountain peak in the world. 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 as the 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. Many other climbers have subsequently been killed on this mountain.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanga_Parbat
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Coordinates:   35°14'31"N   74°35'19"E

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  • I have been to this place and Truly can't be described in words. It is something magical...believe me!
  • Did You Guys Know? Reinhold Messner has been climb this mountain Oh Yeah. Did You Who Is Reinhold Messner is? He is the greatest mountai climber at all time. He climb the himalayas especially the eight thousanders, yes he climb mount everest, nanga parbat, lhothse, gasherbum 1 & 2, K2(Karakoram Range), Kangchenjunga and other mountains in the himalayas.
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