Gasherbrum I

Gasherbrum I
Hidden Peak

Gasherbrum I in 2001
Highest point
Elevation 8,080 m (26,510 ft)[1][2]
Ranked 11th
Prominence 2,155 m (7,070 ft)[1]
Isolation 24 kilometres (15 mi)
Listing Eight-thousander
Ultra
Coordinates 35°43′28″N 76°41′47″E / 35.72444°N 76.69639°E / 35.72444; 76.69639Coordinates: 35°43′28″N 76°41′47″E / 35.72444°N 76.69639°E / 35.72444; 76.69639
Geography
Gasherbrum I
PakistanChina border
Gasherbrum I
PakistanChina border
Gasherbrum I
PakistanChina border
Parent range Karakoram
Climbing
First ascent July 5, 1958 by an American team
(First winter ascent 9 March 2012 Adam Bielecki and Janusz Gołąb)
Easiest route snow/ice climb

Gasherbrum I (Urdu: گاشر برم -1; simplified Chinese: 加舒尔布鲁木I峰; traditional Chinese: 加舒爾布魯木I峰; pinyin: Jiāshūěrbùlǔmù I Fēng), surveyed as K5 and also known as Hidden Peak, is the 11th highest mountain in the world at 8,080 metres (26,510 ft) above sea level. It is located on the Pakistani–Chinese border in Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan and Xinjiang region of China. Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya. Gasherbrum is often claimed to mean "Shining Wall", presumably a reference to the highly visible face of the neighboring peak Gasherbrum IV; but in fact it comes from "rgasha" (beautiful) + "brum" (mountain) in Balti, hence it actually means "beautiful mountain."

Gasherbrum I was designated K5 (meaning the 5th peak of the Karakoram) by T.G. Montgomerie in 1856 when he first spotted the peaks of the Karakoram from more than 200 km away during the Great Trigonometric Survey of India. In 1892, William Martin Conway provided the alternate name, Hidden Peak, in reference to its extreme remoteness.

Gasherbrum I was first climbed on July 5, 1958 by Pete Schoening and Andy Kauffman of an eight-man American expedition led by Nicholas B. Clinch. Richard K. Irvin, Tom Nevison, Tom McCormack, Bob Swift and Gil Roberts were also members of the team.[3]

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Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "Gasherbrum I". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  2. "Trekking Routes - Highest peaks". cknp.org. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  3. 1 2 Clinch "A Walk in the Sky"
  4. 1 2 3 "Gasherbrum I: Some background and History". k2news.com. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  5. Fanshawe & Venables "Himalaya alpine-style"
  6. "Everest Summiter Mohammad Oraz death/Iranian expedition". k2news.com. September 2003. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  7. "Polish Winter Himalayan Mountaineering 2010-2015". Polishwinterhimalaism.pl. March 9, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  8. "Three missing mountaineers feared dead, rescue mission called off". dawn.com. March 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
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