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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.
First American to climb an eight-thousander in winter, first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II Cory Richards (born May 1981) is an American climber, mountaineer, and photographer. He became the first American to climb an eight-thousander in winter [ 2 ] when he was part of the three man team who made the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II .
[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 ...
In 2019 remarkably, on 18 July, he summited Gasherbrum II by the normal route for acclimatization for his expedition to open a new route on Gasherbrum II. After 14 days, on 1 August 2019 at 8:40 pm, he reached the summit of Gasherbrum II again via a new route without supplemental oxygen. [10]
Gasherbrum II first ascent Fritz Moravec (27 April 1922 – 17 March 1997) was an Austrian mountaineer and author. He is best known for his numerous expeditions in the Karakoram range, where he participated in the first ascent of Gasherbrum II (8,034 m, 26,358 ft).
Gasherbrum I (8,080 m or 26,510 feet), Gasherbrum II (8,034 m or 26,358 feet) First traverse of two eight-thousanders without returning to base camp (with Hans Kammerlander). 1985: Annapurna (8,091 m or 26,545 feet), Dhaulagiri (8,167 m or 26,795 feet) First ascent of Annapurna's unclimbed North-West Face. Both ascents with Hans Kammerlander. 1986