Gasherbrum II

\n{| border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="5" align="right" width="305" style="margin-left:3px" \n!bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2|Gasherbrum II\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Elevation:||8,035 metres (26,360 feet)\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Latitude:||35° 45′ N\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Longitude:||76° 39′ E\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Location:||China-Pakistan\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Range:||Karakoram\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|First ascent:||July 8 1956 by an Austrian team\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Easiest route:||rock/snow/ice climb\n|}\n Gasherbrum II (also known as K4) is the thirteenth highest mountain on Earth. Gasherbrum II is the third highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram mountain range of the Himalayas. Gasherbrum II was first climbed on July 8, 1956 by Fritz Moravec, Josef Larch and Hans Willenpart of an Austrian expedition.

Time Line

\n*1956 First ascent\n*1975 Second ascent by a French group, 19 years after the first ascent. This expedition also saw the first death on the Gasherbrum. Three other expeditions summit including a Polish women's team headed by W. Rutkiewicz.\n*1979 A Chilean and a German expedition succeed in the sixth and seventh ascents.\n*1982 Reinhold Messner reaches the top with two Pakistanis. See also: List of mountains

External links

\n* Gasherbrum II on Peakware\n* Gasherbrum II: A Journey to 26,360 Feet in the Karakoram \nCategory:Eight-thousanders\nCategory:Mountains of China\nCategory:Mountains of Pakistan\n