Shispare 7611-M (24,970 ft) | [ Sizes: Orig | Med | Small | Thumb ] |
Shispare is one of the high peaks of the Batura Muztagh, which is the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram range.
A 16 member Polish-German mountaineering expedition, under the leadership of Janusz Kurczab, climbed the peak for the first time. In a second attempt one member, Heinz Borchers, a German, was burned under an avalanche which hit him above camp 11 (5,700m/18,700ft). Earlier, Borchers had slipped off the buttress edge near camp I and fallen about 1,500 feet, sustaining only minor injuries. The party had hired 110 porters who brought its equipment to Patundas from Passu. The party set up its base camp near Passu glacier. Subsequently it established four camps before an assault on the summit and came down via lower part of Passu glacier.
Comments[ Post a Comment ] | lcarreau | Amazing history | | 
Voted 10/10 | and nice pyramid of a mountain.
-Larry | | Posted May 23, 2008 2:19 pm |
 | | Karrar Haidri | Re: Amazing history | | 
Hasn't voted | Thanks Larry for sharing your nice comments.
Kind Regards
Karrar | | Posted May 24, 2008 11:40 am |
| cp0915 | A stunning mountain... | | 
Voted 10/10 | and I especially like the historical information. | | Posted May 27, 2008 11:23 am |
 | | Karrar Haidri | Re: A stunning mountain... | | 
Hasn't voted | Thank you CP,for kind comment! glad you like it!
Greetings!
Karrar | | Posted May 27, 2008 1:14 pm |
| irvnX | Man Power | | 
Hasn't voted | 110 porters to get 16 men to the summit?!
Ah, such intrepidness! | | Posted Mar 20, 2009 1:47 am |
 | | Karrar Haidri | Re: Man Power | | 
Hasn't voted | Dear irvnX, The porters hired only for BC not for summit.
Kind regards
Karrar | | Posted Nov 4, 2010 11:35 am |
| EricChu | How beautiful! | | 
Voted 10/10 | A marvelous shot you took! And what a beautiful and noble shape that peak has! | | Posted Nov 3, 2010 7:57 pm |
 | | Karrar Haidri | Re: How beautiful! | | 
Hasn't voted | Thanks for your visit,vote and nice comments.
Greetings from Pakistan. | | Posted Nov 4, 2010 11:36 am |
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