Talk:Rakaposhi

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I noticed the broken link after I saved the page. Immediately went to update it and added more information which caused an annoying page already updated conflict. I simply copied and pasted the entire edit buffer into a new update. RedWolf 05:33, Nov 14, 2003 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Corrected Lat/Long

Source: List of highest mountains

[edit] Major additions

  • added seconds to lat/long (source: digital data)
  • minor frostbite, not severe, on first ascent
  • added entries to timeline (see sources)
  • various corrections/additions to timeline (see sources)
  • major revision of route info
  • sources added: two of the most standard, trusted reference books, plus the Alpine Club's Himalayan Index, and on-line digital data
  • links moved, added

--Spireguy 17:15, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Viewpoint info

I cleaned up the info about the "Zero Point of Rakaposhi." It was redundant and not particularly grammatical. --Spireguy

[edit] Range correction

The Karakoram are more properly considered a separate mountain range from the Himalaya, so I changed the first sentence to reflect that. --Spireguy 03:00, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changed the infobox

I've removed the infobox because there was something wrong with the "coor" tag, I replaced it with the infobox used on Nanga Parbat's page which is more obvious, WYSIWYG. Waqas.usman 12:21, April 16, 2006 (UTC)

Old infobox: {{Mtnbox start|Name=Rakaposhi|Photo=Rakaposhi_1.jpg| Caption=Rakaposhi Peak from Aliabad| Elevation=7,788 metres (25,550 feet)| Location=[[Pakistan]] | Range=Rakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains, [[Karakoram]]}} {{Mtnbox coor dms|36|08|32|N|74|29|25E|type:mountain}} {{Mtnbox climb|First ascent=[[1958]] by Mike Banks and Tom Patey | Easiest route=glacier/snow/ice climb}} {{Mtnbox finish}}

I edited the infobox above because the template Mtnbox has been deprecated. This was done to facilitate the transition to the template infobox Mountain. Droll 02:43, 21 September 2006 (UTC)