Haramosh Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name = Haramosh Peak
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Elevation = 7,397 metres (24,270 feet)
Location = Northern Areas, Pakistan
Range = Rakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains, Karakoram
Prominence = convert|2277|m|ft|0 [http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/karakoram.html Karakoram ultra-prominences] at peaklist.org]
Coordinates = coord|35|50|29|N|74|53|52|E|type:mountain
First ascent = 1958 by H. Roiss, S. Pauer, F. Mandl
Easiest route = rock/snow/ice climb
Listing = Ultra

Haramosh Peak (also known as Haramosh or Peak 58) is a mountain located in the Karakoram range of the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Its height is also often given as 7,409m.__NOTOC__

Location

Haramosh lies about convert|65|km|mi|0 east of Gilgit, in the south-central region of the Rakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains, a subrange of the Karakoram range. It rises steeply above the north bank of the Indus River, a little ways upstream of its confluence with the Gilgit River. The massif has two summits, Haramosh Peak and Haramosh Kutwal Laila Peak.Fact|date=September 2008

Climbing history

Haramosh was first reconnoitered in 1947 by a Swiss team, and a German team investigated a northeastern route in 1955. In 1957, Tony Streather, John Emery, Bernard Jillot and Ray Cuthbert, a team from Oxford University experienced repeated falls and misfortunes during a failed attempt, leading to the deaths of Jillot and Cuthbert. Streather and Emery survived. The latter suffered severe frostbite and lost all of his fingers and toes.The epic tale of this expedition is told in Ralph Barker's "The Last Blue Mountain", ISBN 1-904466-30-3.

Haramosh was first climbed on 4 August 1958 by the Austrians Heinrich Roiss, Stefan Pauer and Franz Mandl, via the Haramosh La (a saddle to the northeast) and the East Ridge, roughly the route of the1957 tragedy.

According to the Himalayan Index [ [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/ Himalayan Index] ] , there have been only three more ascents, in 1978 (Japanese, West Ridge), 1979 (unknown party/route), and 1988 (Polish, Southwest Face).

References

ources

*"High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks" by Jill Neate, ISBN 0-89886-238-8.
*"The Last Blue Mountain" by Ralph Barker, Ripping Yarns.com. ISBN 1-904466-30-3.
* [http://wala.info.pl/western_karakoram/index.htm Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram] by Jerzy Wala, 1990. Published by the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research.
* [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/ Himalayan Index]

External links

* [http://unclimbed.com/haramosh.jpgPicture of the Haramosh south face]
* [http://www.peaklist.org/spire/lists/world-25.html A world peak list] ranked by local relief and steepness featuring Haramosh as the world #17.
* [http://www.witchdesign.co.at/pauer Website of Stefan Pauer]