Gasherbrum Iv, Major Mountains

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Gasherbrum IV

Gasherbrum IV is the 17th highest mountain on earth and the 7th highest in Pakistan. It is one of the peaks in the Gasherbrum massif.

Gasherbrum is a remote group of peaks located at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya. The massif contains three of the world's 8,000 metre peaks (if one includes Broad Peak). Gasherbrum is often claimed to mean "Shining Wall", presumably a reference to the highly visible face of Gasherbrum IV; but in fact it comes from "rgasha" (beautiful) + "brum" (mountain) in Balti, hence it actually means "beautiful mountain."

Time Line

• 1958 First ascent by Walter Bonatti and Carlo Mauri
• 1985 First ascent of the West face by Robert Schauer and Voytek Kurtyka, but they did not reach the summit.
• 1986 First ascent of the North West ridge. This is also the second ascent of Gasherbrum IV itself.

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