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On July 18, 2023, Hugo Ayaviri climbed Gasherbrum II without oxygen, the fourth 8000’er in his quest to be the first Bolivian to summit all fourteen 8000m peaks. [35] On July 19, 2023, Andrzej Bargiel made the highest descent from Gasherbrum II on skis. He summitted the mountain without the use of supplementary oxygen and began his ski ...
Gasherbrum (Urdu: گاشر برم) is a remote group of peaks situated at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range. [ dubious – discuss ] The peaks are located within the border region of Gilgit-Baltistan , Pakistan and Xinjiang , China .
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
Gasherbrum III fails to meet a 500 metres (1,600 ft) topographic prominence cutoff to be an independent mountain; hence it can be considered a subpeak of Gasherbrum II. [ 4 ] Gasherbrum III was one of the highest unclimbed summits in the world [ 5 ] up to its first ascent in 1975, by Wanda Rutkiewicz , Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz , Janusz ...
The Dark Glow of the Mountains (German: Gasherbrum – Der leuchtende Berg) is a TV documentary made in 1985 by German filmmaker Werner Herzog. It is about an expedition made by mountain climber Reinhold Messner and his partner Hans Kammerlander to climb Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I all in one trip without returning to base camp.
American History: A Survey is organized in a way that reflects a high school-level U.S. history course. The chapters follow the nation's history chronologically. In the preface to the book, Brinkley states his purpose is "to be a thorough, balanced, and versatile account of America's past that instructors and students will find accessible and appropriate no matter what approach to the past a ...
She was president of the Organization of American Historians (2014) [3] and is a former president of the American Studies Association (1996–1997) and the Western History Association (2000). Limerick is known for her 1987 book The Legacy of Conquest , which is part of a body of historical writing sometimes known as the New Western History .
The American People is a history textbook published by Pearson Education Incorporated. The editors of the text are Gary B. Nash of the University of California at Los Angeles, Julie Roy Jeffrey of Goucher College, John R. Howe of the University of Minnesota, Peter J. Frederick of Wabash College, Allen F. Davis of Temple University, and Allan M. Winkler of Miami University.