Gilgit-Baltistan · 8,126 m summit
8,126 metres, standing entirely alone.
The place
The ninth-highest mountain on earth and the western anchor of the Himalaya. It rises from the Indus at 1,200 metres to 8,126 in about twenty-five horizontal kilometres, which is a greater vertical relief than anywhere else on the planet.
There are three faces and three ways to see it. Raikot from the north, via Fairy Meadows. Rupal from the south, via Astore — the largest mountain wall in the world. Diamir from the west, and the least visited.
Thirty-one people died on it before the first ascent in 1953. Locals call it Diamer, king of the mountains. Nobody who has stood in front of it argues.
What people do here
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3,967 m, reached from Beyal in a long day.
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Herrligkoffer base camp, below 4,600 metres of wall.
Journeys
Editor’s pick
Fairy Meadows · Gilgit-Baltistan
Five days on the north side of the ninth-highest mountain in the world — the jeep road, the meadow, Beyal and the base camp viewpoint.
$520 per person
Next 29 Aug · 5 places left
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