Broad Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name = Broad Peak
Photo =7 15 BroadPeak.jpg
Caption =Broad Peak from Concordia
Elevation = convert|8047|m|ft|0
Ranked 12th (4th in Pakistan)
Location = Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)/ (China)
Range = Karakoram
Prominence = convert|1701|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|35|48|35|N|76|34|5|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title
First ascent = June 9 1957 by an Austrian team
Easiest route = snow/ice climb
Listing = Eight-thousander UltraLocation map
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mark=RedMountain.svg|marksize=18
lat_deg=35|lat_min=48|lat_sec=35
lon_deg=76|lon_min=34|lon_sec=5
position=right
width=300
float=right
caption=Location on Pakistan/China border

Broad Peak (originally named K3), known locally as Faichan Kangri, is the 12th highest mountain on Earth. The literal translation of "Broad Peak" to Phalchan Kangri is not accepted among the Baltis.cite web|url=http://www.everestnews.com/stories024/bphistory.htm |title=Broad Peak: Some background and History| publisher=Everest News]

Geography

Broad Peak is part of the Gasherbrum massif on the border of Pakistan-China. It is located about 8 kilometres (5 miles) from K2. Broad Peak was originally named K3 right after the naming of K2 but on closer inspection by a later party, it was discovered that the summit was over 1½ kilometres (1 mile) long, thus "Broad Peak".cite web|url=http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=389| title=Broad Peak |publisher=Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia]

Climbing history

The first ascent of Broad Peak was made on June 9, 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl of an Austrian expedition led by Marcus Schmuck. A first attempt by the team was made on May 29 where Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger reached the forepeak (8,030m). This was also accomplished without the aid of supplemental oxygen or high altitude porters and without base camp support.

On the same expedition, Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller made a flash first ascent of Skil Brum peak (7,360m) on June 19, 1957 in pure Alpine style in 53 hours.

Hermann Buhl fell to his death when he and Diemberger attempted to climb nearby Chogolisa peak (7,654m) on June 27, 1957.

In July 2007 an Austrian mountaineering team climbed Broad Peak for retrieving the corpse of Markus Kronthaler, who had died on the mountain one year before, from over 8,000 metres.fact|date=August 2008

Time line

*1954 First attempt by Dr. Karl Herligkoffer of Germany on the SW side that failed due to a storm and extreme cold.
*1957 First ascent [ [http://www.broadpeak.org/ First ascent] ]
*1983 Krystyna Palmowska (Poland)- first female ascentfact|date=August 2008
*1986 Between July 28th and August 4th, twelve out of fourteen Slovenian (then Yugoslavian) climbers successfully summited on Broad Peak. Marija Štremfelj was the first Slovenian/Yugoslavian woman to summit 8,000 m peak.fact|date=August 2008

See also

*List of mountains in Pakistan
*Highest Mountains of the World
*List of Austrian mountaineers

References

Further reading

*Richard Sale, "Broad Peak", 2004. English published by Carreg Ltd in the UK. ISBN 0-9538631-1-5
* Marcus Schmuck, "Broad Peak 8047m" Meine Bergfahrten mit Hermann Buhl, 1958. German published by Verlag "Das Bergland-buch" in Salzburg/Stuttgart.
*"Zvezdnate noči (Starry Nights)" by Dušan Jelinčič, ISBN / EAN: 961-6387-75-8
* Anna Czerwińska "Broad Peak'83 tylko dwie (Broad Peak'83 only two)" "Sport i Turystyka", Warszawa 1989, ISBN 83-217-2658-5

External links

* [http://www.broadpeak.org First Ascent: The official Website of the Austrian OEAV Karakoram expedition 1957 on BroadPeak.org]
* [http://www.billbuxton.com/BroadPeakCAJ.pdf History of First Ascent and Related Literature from Canadian Alpine Journal]