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Coordinates:
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35°14′ N 74°36′ E
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First ascent:
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July 3 1953 by
Hermann Buhl
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route:
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Nanga Parbat (also known as
Nangaparbat Peak or
Diamir) is the ninth highest
mountain on
Earth. Nanga Parbat means "Naked Mountain" in
Urdu while the Sherpas, localites of the Himalayan region, call it “the maneater” or the "Mountain of the Devil". No other peak has claimed lives with such regularity and the list of tragedies is overwhelming.
Nanga Parbat was first climbed on
July 3,
1953 by
Austrian climber
Hermann Buhl of a
German-
Austrian team. Before this expedition, 31 people had already died trying to make the first ascent. Buhl was the first and the only mountaineer who has made the first ascent of an
Eight-thousander solo.
External links
Image:Nanga 01.jpg
