Broad Peak
Broad Peak (Urdu: بروڈ پیک)[1] is the 12th highest mountain on Earth. Broad Peak is on the border of Pakistan and China.[2]
Its name refers to its summit, which is over 1.5 kilometres (0.93mi) long. Broad Peak is located in the Karakoram mountain range, and is only roughly 5 miles away from K2. It is 8,047 metres (26,401 ft) above sea level and has many summits.[3] There is debate on whether or not Broad Peak has one or two 8,000 metres summits.[4] Broad Peak is considered one of the easier of the Eight-thousanders, the group of mountains that are more than 8,000 metres in height above sea level.
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The first ascent of Broad Peak was made between June 8 and 9, 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl of an Austrian expedition led by Marcus Schmuck.[5] This expedition was done without the use of supplemental oxygen, which help climbers breath at high altitudes. Thomas George Montgomery, a British surveyor, named the mountain K3 in 1856 and Martin Conway gave it the name Broad Peak for its mile long summit ridge in 1892.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ hiking, Stewart Green Stewart M. Green is a lifelong climber from Colorado who has written more than 20 books about; Climbing, Rock. "Climbing Mt. Washington, New England's Highest Mountain". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Broad Peak - Peakbagger.com". www.peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ↑ "Broad Peak". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Broad Peak". www.serapjangbu.com. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ "Broad Peak: Some background and History". www.everestnews.com. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
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