Trivor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Trivor
Elevation 7,577 m (24,859 ft)
Ranked 39th
Location Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Range Hispar Muztagh
Prominence 980 m (3,215 ft)
Coordinates 36°17′15″N, 75°05′10″E
First ascent 1960 by Wilfrid Noyce, Jack Sadler (British/US)
Easiest route Northwest Ridge: glacier/snow/ice climb

Trivor is one of the high peaks of the Hispar Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Its height is often given as 7,728 metres, but this elevation is not consistent with photographic evidence[1]. The height given here is from a Russian 1:100,000 topographic map[2].

There have been only two successful climbs of this peak; the first ascent was in 1960 by a British-American party[3].

[edit] Sources

  • Jerzy Wala, Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram, Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.
  • Jill Neate, High Asia: an illustrated history of the 7,000 metre peaks, The Mountaineers, 1989.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/elevmisquotes.html#hispar Some Frequently Misquoted Elevations
  2. ^ http://echidna.rutgers.edu/expeditions/Hispar/Default.htm Hispar area: expedition reports and maps
  3. ^ http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/ Himalayan Index