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If your naming of this mountain is correct some by specific means of measuring it's height declare it is the highest/tallest mountain in the world. Very interesting. It is daily visible from both Peshawar and from the ex-USAF now PAF War College Base at Badabur, just outside Peshawar. Thanks for everyone's input and comments.
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Rakaposhi
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Rakaposhi
راکاپوشی
Rakaposhi Peak fromTaghafariBase Camp
Elevation7,788 m (25,551 ft)[1]
Ranked 27th
Prominence2,818 m (9,245 ft)[2]
Ranked 122nd
ListingUltra
Location
Rakaposhi
Location in Pakistan
LocationNagar Valley,Gilgit–Baltistan,Pakistan
RangeRakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains,Karakoram
Coordinates36°08′33″N74°29′21″ECoordinates:
36°08′33″N74°29′21″E[2]
Climbing
First ascent1958 byMike BanksandTom Patey
EasiestrouteSouthwest Spur - glacier/snow/ice
Rakaposhi(Räkapoşi) (Urdu: راکاپوشی), is amountainin theKarakorammountain rangeinPakistan.[1]It is situated in theNagar Valleyapproximately 100 km north of the city ofGilgitin theGilgit Districtof theGilgit–Baltistanprovince of Pakistan. Rakaposhi means "Snow Covered" in the local language. Rakaposhi is also known as Dumani ("Mother of Mist"). It is ranked27th highestin the world and12th highestin Pakistan, but it is more popular for its beauty than its rank might suggest. In a colloquial sense, i.e. measured from base to summit, Rakaposhi with its uninterrupted ~6000 m vertical rise,[3]isthe tallest mountain on Earth.
Rakaposhi was first climbed in 1958 byMike BanksandTom Patey, members of aBritish-Pakistaniexpedition, via the Southwest Spur/Ridge route.[4]Both of them suffered minorfrostbiteduring the ascent. Another climber slipped and fell on the descent and died during the night.
Park[edit]
The people ofNagarhave dedicated the Rakaposhi range mountain area as a community park. The Minister for Northern Areas inaugurated the park. The Rakaposhi mountain range is the home ofendangered speciessuch asMarco Polo sheep,Snow Leopard,brown bear,wolvesand many other species.[citation needed]
Notable features[edit]
Rakaposhi is notable for its exceptional rise over local terrain. On the north, it rises 5,800 metres (19,029 ft) in only an 11.5 km (7.1 mi) horizontal distance from theHunza River. There are magnificent views of Rakaposhi from theKarakoram Highwayon the route through Hunza. A tourist spot in the town of Ghulmat (located in theNagar Valley) called "Zero Point of Rakaposhi" is the closest convenient view point of the mountain.
Time line[edit]
Climbing routes[edit]
- 1892Martin Conwayexplores the south side of Rakaposhi.
- 1938 M. Vyvyan and R. Campbell Secord make the first reconnaissance and climb a north-western forepeak (about 5,800m/19,000') via the northwest ridge.
- 1947 Secord returns withH. W. Tilmanand two Swiss climbers, Hans Gyr and Robert Kappeler; they ascend via the Gunti glacier to 5,800m/19,000' on the south-west spur.
- 1954Cambridge Universityteam, led by Alfred Tissières, attempts the peak via the south-west spur but only reached 6,340m/20,800'. Also, an Austro-German expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch attempted the same route.
- 1956 A British-American expedition, led by Mike Banks, reaches 7,163m/23,500' on the Southwest Ridge, above the Gunti glacier.
- 1958 The first ascent, noted above.
- 1964 An Irish expedition attempts the long and difficult Northwest Ridge.
- 1971 Karl Herrligkofer leads an attempt on the elegant but difficult North Spur (or North Ridge).
- 1973 Herrligkofer returns to the North Spur but is again unsuccessful due to time and weather problems.
- 1979 A Polish-Pakistani expedition ascends the Northwest Ridge from the Biro Glacier.
- 1979 A Japanese expedition fromWaseda University, led by Eiho Ohtani, succeeds in climbing the North Spur. Summit party: Ohtani and Matsushi Yamashita. This ascent was expedition-style, done over a period of six weeks, with 5000m of fixed rope.
- 1984 A Canadian team achieves a semi-alpine-style ascent of the North Spur, using much less fixed rope than the Japanese team had. Summit party:Barry Blanchard, David Cheesmond, Kevin Doyle.
- 1985-1987 Various unsuccessful attempts on the long East Ridge.
- 1986 A Dutch team climbs a variation of the Northwest Ridge route.
- 1995 An ascent via the Northwest Ridge.
- 1997 An ascent via the Southwest Spur/Ridge (possibly the original route).
- 2000 An attempt from the East side (Bagrot Glacier).
The routes with successful summits so far have been (see the timeline as well):
Attempts have also been made from the east side (Bagrot Glacier), the East Ridge, and the North Face.
- Southwest Spur/Ridge (first ascent route). Long, but not exceedingly technical. Some trickygendarmes(rock pinnacles). Has been repeated.
- Northwest Ridge. Long, and more technically difficult than the SW Spur/Ridge. Has been repeated.
- North Spur (a.k.a. North Ridge). Shorter than the above two routes, but much more technically difficult. Has been repeated, including a semi-alpine-style (capsule style) ascent.
Gallery[edit]
Morning light on Rakaposhi Volker Thewalt
Close up of Rakaposhi. Volker Thewalt
Rakaposhi from the south of Aliabad. Volker Thewalt
Rakaposhi Peak From KKH
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- ^Jump up to:ab"Rakaposhi". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^Jump up to:ab"Karakoram ultras". peaklist.org. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- Jump up^[1]according to Rakaposhi's page on summitpost.org
- Jump up^"Climbing details". summitpost.org. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- Jill Neate,High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks,ISBN 0-89886-238-8.
- Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables,Himalaya Alpine-Style, Hodder and Stoughton, 1995ISBN 0-89886-456-9.
- Himalayan Index
- DEM files for the Himalaya/Karakoram(Corrected versions of SRTM data)
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This page was last modified on 26 April 2014 at 19:33.
I hate to do this again, but this mountain isn't visible from anywhere near Peshawar either. It's in the Hunza valley which is a far way away from Peshawar. And it's definitely very tall and very high by any standard but it doesn't even cross the 8000 meter mark (only 14 peaks in the world do that). K2, for example, is 8,611 meters, which is 823 meters higher than Rakaposhi. Everest is another 237 meters higher than that. The tallest mountain from base to peak is the volcano in Hawaii, the tallest mountain from 'base on land' to peak is Denali (or Mt. McKinley) in Alaska.
I'll compare your picture with mine later and mark the identifying features.
