We have described in our previous post on Gasherbrum 1 about the gigantic Gasherbrum massif. This massif also contains the 12th highest mountain on Earth which is known as Broad Peak.
This mountain is also referred to as in the nearby Balti language as P’alchan Kangri Ri which is the translation of “Broad Peak”. Broad Peak is situated almost 8 Kilometers from Mount Goodwin Austin ( K2 ) above the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram Range of northwestern Pakistan. This mountain has almost 1 mile extended summit ridge, that is why, it is known as as “Broad Peak”. Broad Peak has the elevation of 8,051 meters (26,414 ft).
In the renowned mountains survey of 1856, T.G. Montgomerie named it as K3. The first climb of “Broad Peak” was accomplished in 1957 by a 4-person Austrian expedition. Broad Peak is a climber friendly mountain which has very less death rate of the climbers as compared to other eight thousanders. But as we have described earlier that climbing an eight thousander is in no way an effortless process. Like other higher mountains , extreme climate conditions, Hypothermia and giant steep rocks are the threatening factors for the climbing of Broad Peak. Broad Peak even though calls for lesser technicalities, yet it is quite huge mountain, which can be bigger beyond the expectations of the mountaineer.
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