Gasherbrum II

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Gasherbrum II
Elevation:	8,035 metres (26,360 feet)
Latitude:	35° 45′ N
Longitude:	76° 39′ E
Location:	China-Pakistan
Range:	Karakoram
First ascent:	July 8 1956 by an Austrian team
Easiest route:	rock/snow/ice climb

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

1956 First ascent
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.
1979 A Chilean and a German expedition succeed in the sixth and seventh ascents.
1982 Reinhold Messner reaches the top with two Pakistanis.

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Eight-thousander series
Annapurna \| Broad Peak \| Cho Oyu \| Dhaulagiri \| Everest \| Gasherbrum I \| Gasherbrum II
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