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Masherbrum - 22-ая самая высокая гора в мире и 11-ое самое высокое в Пакистане с выдающимся положением 2457 м. Это расположено в области Baltistan, который включает самые высокие пики в Центральный Karakoram. Гора - самый высокий пик в Горах Masherbrum, который является поддиапазоном Karakoram, который также включает Chogolisa (7665 m) и K6 (7281 m), и расположен непосредственно южный из главного центрального гребня.

Masherbrum сначала разведывался в 1856 Томасом Монтгомери, который обозначил гору K1 однако, это название редко используется в современный день. У горного массива есть два звездных часа. Главная (Северная) встреча на высшем уровне 7821 м. высотой, в то время как КОРОТКОВОЛНОВАЯ встреча на высшем уровне, которая 7806 м. высотой. На оба поднялись хотя не многими. На главную встречу на высшем уровне сначала поднялись американцы Джордж Белл и Вилли Unsoeld в 1960 через КОРОТКОВОЛНОВОЕ лицо. Они были частью американско-пакистанской экспедиции во главе с Ником Клинчем. На КОРОТКОВОЛНОВУЮ встречу на высшем уровне поднялась польская команда в 1981 хотя закончено в бедствии, когда два из этих трех участников саммита умерли во время спуска.

Masherbrum - одна из самых твердых гор в подъеме выше 7500 м. и только имел четыре успешных подъема до настоящего времени. У Masherbrum SE есть только один подъем. Много попыток сдались в ответ на высокий риск объективных опасностей. Большинство попыток столкнулось с лавинами по соседству однако, за исключением первого подъема пика SE в 1981, ни один не закончился в бедствии.

Увеличить Masherbrum выше Ледника Baltoro Местоположение

Увеличить Masherbrum от Лагеря 3 на Размытом максимуме

Masherbrum отмечает звездный час бегущего горного хребта восток - запад, который включает Пик Mandu (7127 m) и Yermanendu Kangri (7163 m) в непосредственной близости. Большинство людей видело гору, в то время как поход вдоль Ледника Baltoro к Конкордии и K2 однако большинство альпинистов делал попытку горы с юга через деревню Hushe. И Ледник Serac и Ледники Masherbrum вытекают из южного лица, хотя все попытки были через прежнего из-за объективных опасностей последнего. На север Yermanendu и Ледники Mandu. Попытки были сделаны, начинаясь с обоих ледников однако, Стив Хаус нашел, что у последнего дольше была безопасная линия подъема в 2003. Что находится на Название? Значение имени горы неясно. Большинство людей Бэлтистэна полагает, что название прибывает из слов Balti Mashadar (загружающее морду оружие) + brum (гора), поскольку двойная summited гора напоминает старый погрузчик морды. Раджа Khapalu однако предположил, что masha означает "королеву" или "леди" и поэтому королеву “средств Masherbrum пиков”. Другие менее вероятные возможности состоят в том, что название прибывает из арабского слова Mahsher, что означает Судный День. Было также предложено, чтобы средство названия “Белая Гора” с тех пор burum означало белого на языке Берушески Hunza, но так как этот язык не местный язык и не составляет значение masha, это значение маловероятно. (Адэмс Картер, 1975)

Masherbrum is the 22nd highest mountain in the world and the 11th highest in Pakistan with a prominence of 2457m. It is located in the region of Baltistan which includes the highest peaks in the Central Karakoram. The mountain is the highest peak in the Masherbrum Mountains, which is a sub-range of the Karakoram that also includes Chogolisa (7665m) and K6 (7281m), and is located directly south of the main central crest.

Masherbrum was first reconnoitred in 1856 by Thomas Montgomerie who denoted the mountain K1 however this name is rarely used in modern day. The massif has two high points. The main (North) summit is 7821m high while the SW summit which is 7806m high. Both have been climbed although not by many. The main summit was first climbed by Americans George Bell and Willi Unsoeld in 1960 via the SW face. They were part of an American-Pakistani expedition led by Nick Clinch. The SW summit was climbed by a Polish team in 1981 although ended in disaster when two of the three summiteers died during the descent.

Masherbrum is one of the hardest mountains in climb above 7500m and has only had four successful ascents to date. Masherbrum SE has only one ascent. Many attempts have given up in response to the high risk of objective dangers. Most attempts have encountered avalanches at close quarters however, with the exception of the first ascent of the SE peak in 1981, none have ended in disaster.

Enlarge Masherbrum above the Baltoro Glacier Location

Enlarge Masherbrum from Camp 3 on Broad Peak

Masherbrum marks the high point of an east-west running ridge that includes Mandu Peak (7127m) and Yermanendu Kangri (7163m) in close proximity. Most people have seen the mountain while trekking along the Baltoro Glacier to Concordia and K2 however most climbers have attempted the mountain from the south via the village of Hushe. Both the Serac Glacier and Masherbrum Glaciers flow from the south face although all attempts have been via the former due to the latter’s objective dangers. To the north are the Yermanendu and Mandu Glaciers. Attempts have been made beginning from both glaciers however Steve House found the latter to longer have a safe line of ascent in 2003. What's in the Name? The meaning of mountain’s name is unclear. Most people of Baltistan believe the name comes from the Balti words Mashadar (muzzle-loading gun) + brum (mountain) as the double summited mountain resembles an old muzzle-loader. The Raja of Khapalu has however suggested that masha means “queen” or “lady” and therefore Masherbrum means “queen of peaks”. Other less-likely possibilities are that the name comes from the Arabic word Mahsher which means doomsday. It has also been suggested that the name means “White Mountain” since burum means white in the Burushaski language of Hunza but since this language is not the local language and does not account for the meaning of masha this meaning is unlikely. (Adams Carter, 1975)

Enlarge Masherbrum from Gondogoro Peak (5700m) to the east Climbing History I'm still researching the mountain's history but the bulk of it is listed below...

Year Team Route Summit? Significance Description 1938 British team SW Face N An expedition led by James Waller reached 7602m before they were avalanched. Fortunately nobody was hurt but it was decided to abort the attempt. 1955 New Zealand team SE Face N Gave up due to deep snow 1957 British team SE Face N Came within 100m of the summit 1960 American Team SE Face Y First ascent

William Unsoeld, George Bell, Nicholas Clinch and Jawed Akhter.

1976 Japanese team W Ridge/N Ridge N From a BC on the Mandu Glacier the 14 man Japanese team established camp I on the west ridge at 16000ft before the route was destroyed by an avalanche. Subsequently attempted the north ridge but only reached 18200ft before running out of time and gear. 1980 David Belden & Christine de Colombel SE Face N Reached a high point of 23625ft but descended due to bad weather and heavy snowfall after their tent had been avalanched in the night. 1981 Polish team SE Face Y First ascent of SW peak Summited by Zygmunt Andrjej Heinrich, Marek Malatynski and Przemyslaw Nowacki formed part of a larger team. BC was established on Serac Glacier from where they climbed to the col between the two Masherbrum summits. Here they bivouacked in a snow hole before continuing to the SW summit. During another high bivouack Nowacki and Malatynski died in the night having been exposed to strong cold winds throughout as well as the preceding day. Heinrich made it back to BC but was lucky to survive a 650-1000ft fall at 24600 ft. 1981 Volker Stallbohm & Abdul Karim SE Face N Reached the col between Masherbrum and Yermanendu Kangri but could not continue to the summit due to bad weather and lack of food. 1981 American team N Face & W Ridge N From a BC on the Mandu Glacier they reached a high point at 5486m where they had a close encounter with serac fall and promptly decided the route was too dangerous to continue. 1981 British team N SW peak attempt Reached 23400ft at which point bad weather broke out and they were unable to go any higher. 1983 Japanese Team Y Second ascent Masahiro Nomura and Takeyasu Minamiura summite via the same route as the American's in 1960.

1985 Japanese Team N Ridge Y Third ascent, new route Siege-style over a period of a month and a half fixing much rope. Frequent collapse of the upper glacier force them to traverse right to the NW ridge. Placed high camps at 5600m (I), 6100m (II), 6300m (III), 7200m (IV). Above camp IV the team were forced to traverse further right onto the NW Face due to rotten rock on the NW Ridge. Eventually they reached the col between the main and SW summits. All ten members reached the summit. 1985 Austrian team NW Face Y Fourth ascent A 6 man team that also sieged the mountain but fixed only 600m. Two summit attempts were made from camp III at 6300m. The first was abandoned at 7000m at which point 2 members left the expedition due to the enormous danger of falling rock and ice. On the second attempt one member gave up while the other three bivouacked at 7200m before continuing to the summit. The summiteers were Andreas Orgler, Michael Larcher and Robert Renzler. They reached the summit the day after the Japanese. 1985 British team E Ridge from North N From the Yermanendu Glacier to the north they attempted the east ridge, climbing from the Masherbrum La to the summit via several subsidiary summits including Yermanandu Kangri (7821m). They was quickly thwarted due to poor snow conditions. 1996 Russian-American team SE Face N The six man expedition attempted the peak in semi-alpine style. They reached a high point of 7200m at which point they decided the avalanche risk was too great to continue. 1996 American team E-SE Ridge N Four man team led by Peter Cole reached a high point of 6050m. At camp II (5650m) they were avalanched from both sides. They were uninjured but had to wait three days for snow conditions to improve before descending to BC. 2000 N Details to follow 2003 Steve House, Marko Prezelj & Matic Jost N ridge N Initially set a BC up in the Mandu Glacier however it was impossible to gain the ridge as the Austrians had done in 1985. BC was moved to the Yermanendu Glacier via a small pass. The attempt on Masherbrum was soon abandoned due to persistently poor snow conditions that lead to a number of slab avalanches. 2006 Russian Team NW Face N Objective danger of the route repeatedly increased after 4-day snowfalls meant the team went no higher than ABC (5800m) Getting There All approaches are via the town of Skardu. Skardu has daily flights between Islamabad and these rarely get cancelled due to bad weather as with the Gilgit flights. The alternative is a long bus ride between Islamabad and Gilgit and a further six hours onward to Skardu. From Skardu it’s easy to hire a jeep to Askole via the Shigar Valley or Hushe via the Shyok Valley.

The Southern Side

The Southern approach begins from Serac Glacier which flows into the Masherbrum Glacier. Hushe is the gateway village from where the base camp can be reached in one day. From Hushe cross the bridge to the true right (west) side of the Hushe River and follow the valley north branching left into the Masherbrum Valley.

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Enlarge Masherbrum from the Hushe Valley

The Northern Side

The northern base camps are approached via the Baltoro Glacier which is Pakistan’s second longest and most famous. The trek along Baltoro begins in the village of Askole to the west from where the terminal moraine of the Baltoro glacier can be reached in two days. Masherbrum is a further two days trek along the Baltoro Glacier. The glacier is fairly easy to navigate due to the large volume of trekkers breaking the route Route-finding will be required at the beginning of the season due to glacial movement through the winter.

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Enlarge Masherbrum from Baltoro Glacier

The Eastern Side

Those ambitious enough to consider the long East Ridge from the Masherbrum La (5364m) will need to follow the true left bank of the Masherbrum River and ascend the Gondogoro Glacier in two days.

For broader information on reaching the Karakoram please refer to the Karakoram page Red Tape Visas

Enlarge NW aspect of Masherbrum's summit

A valid visa is required. Visas are NOT issued at the airport and must be obtained prior to arrival. Some embassies such as those in Central Asia are reluctant to issue visas and advise you to obtain them from your home country. A single-entry tourist visa is valid for 3 months from the date of arrival in pakistan and for 6 months from the date of issue. Some visas are only valid for 3 months from the date of issue so check if necessary when applying. Visa prices vary. Americans pay the most for their visa whilst Japanese get theirs free! Visa extensions and reentry stamps used to almost impossible to obtain however the process has become remarkably easier in the last few years. Gilgit DC is a good place to try.

Climbing Royalties

The Ministry of Tourism has decided to maintain the 50% reduction in mountaineering royalty fees for peaks above 6500m during 2009. Royalties per expedition are based on a party of 7. Persons additional to this number will be subject to an additional royalty fee. Current royalties are listed below.