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Gasherbrum II (Balti: རྒ་ཥཱ་བྲུམ་། - ༢, romanized: rgasha brum 2, lit. 'Beautiful Mountain 2'; Urdu: گاشر برم - ۲; simplified Chinese: 加舒尔布鲁木II峰; traditional Chinese: 加舒爾布魯木II峰; pinyin: Jiāshūěrbùlǔmù II Fēng); surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at 8,035 metres (26,362 ft) above sea level.
Broad Peak, 12th highest in the world Gasherbrum II, 13th highest in the world Gasherbrum Group with Gasherbrum IV, Gasherbrum V, and Gasherbrum VI Satellite image of the Gasherbrum massif. Gasherbrum (Urdu: گاشر برم) is a remote group of peaks situated at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range.
Northern vantage of K2. K2 is the world's second-highest mountain at 8,611 meters (28,251 ft) above sea level.It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered Trans-Karakoram Tract in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang.
He lost his life, along with 10 other mountaineers, in the 2008 K2 disaster, following an avalanche in what was to be one of the deadliest accidents in the history of K2 mountaineering. He summited several eight-thousanders: K2, Nanga Parbat, and Gasherbrum II (without oxygen). In the mountaineering community, he was known as "Karim The Dream ...
[7] [8] At camp II, he began vomiting and was forced to come down the mountain. After suffering from stomach problems for three weeks, he lost 15 kilos. [1] In 2018, Szilárd attempted 8,080-metre Gasherbrum I and the 8,035-meter Gasherbrum II once again without supplemental oxygen or porters, but had to abandon his summit attempts due to poor ...
This expedition made the first ascent of Sia Kangri and some of its sub-peaks and provided detailed information about the accessibility of the 8000ers Gasherbrum I and II. The first ascent of Gasherbrum I in 1958 was accomplished via the route proposed by Dyhrenfurth following the so-called IHE-spur and the SE-ridge.
Leila Esfandyari (Persian: لیلا اسفندیاری; February 16, 1971, in Karaj, Iran – July 22, 2011, Gasherbrum II, Pakistan) was an Iranian mountaineer. [1] Esfandyari was the first Iranian woman to scale the summit of Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas , the world’s ninth highest peak with an altitude of 8,125 metres and one of the ...
Pages in category "Deaths on Gasherbrum II" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Leila Esfandyari; G.