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دنیا کی 14 بلند ترین چوٹیاں بالترتیب ایورسٹ (8849 میٹر)، کے ٹو (8611 میٹر)، کنچن جنگا (8586 میٹر)، لوتسے (8516 میٹر)، مکالو (8485 میٹر)، چو آویو (8188 میٹر)، دولاگیری ون (8167 میٹر)، مناسلو (8163 میٹر)، نانگا پربت (8165 میٹر)، انا پرنا ون (8091 میٹر)، گاشر بروم ون (8080 میٹر)، براڈ پیک (8051 میٹر)، گاشر بروم ٹو (8034 میٹر) اور شیشا پنگما (8027 میٹر) ہیں۔
اب جانتے ہیں کہ کونسی چوٹی کہاں واقع ہے:

چین: شیشا پنگما
پاکستان اور چین : کےٹو، براڈ پیک، گاشر بروم ون اور گاشر بروم ٹو
نیپال اور چین: ایورسٹ، لوسٹے، مکالو اور چوآئیو
نیپال: دولاگیری، مناسلو اور اناپورنا
نیپال اور انڈیا: کنچن جنگا
پاکستان: نانگا پربت

اب یہ کوہ پیماؤں پر میسر ہے کہ وہ کس چوٹی کو کس ملک کے راستے سر کرنا چاہتے ہیں۔ نانگا پربت مشکل پہاڑ ہے مگر زیادہ تر کوہ پیماؤں کے نزدیک کے ٹو ’کلر ماؤنٹین‘ ہے۔ گیل جی نے اسے زیادہ مشکل اس لیے بھی کہا کیونکہ ان کا ماننا ہے کہ پاکستان میں ریسکیو کے حوالے سے نظام نیپال جتنا بہتر نہیں ہے۔ یاد رہے کے ٹو کی چوٹی کو سر کرنے کی جستجو کرنے والے ہر چار میں سے ایک کوہ پیما کی موت واقع ہو جاتی ہے۔ کے ٹو پر اموات کی شرح 29 فیصد ہے جبکہ اس کے برعکس دنیا کی سب سے بلند چوٹی ایورسٹ پر یہی شرح چار فیصد ہے۔

Concordia Korakoram

Concordia is in the heart of the Karakoram range of Pakistan. It is located in Baltistan region of Pakistan. The name was applied by European explorers, and comes from this location’s similarity to a glacial confluence, also named Concordia.

Concordia is the name for the confluence of the Baltoro Glacier and the Godwin-Austen Glacier, in the heart of the Karakoram range of Pakistan. It is located in Baltistan region of Pakistan. The name was applied by European explorers, and comes from this location’s similarity to a glacial confluence, also named Concordia, in the Bernese Oberland, part of the Central Alps.

Around Concordia are clustered some of the highest peaks in the world. Four of the world’s fourteen “eight-thousanders” are in this region, as well as a number of important lower peaks.

 

Concordia offers the region’s best place to camp for mountain enthusiasts not involved in climbing. With breathtaking views, it also offers short hikes to several important base camps: K2 (three hours), Broad Peak (two hours) and the Gasherbrums (three hours). An alternative exit to returning down the Baltoro Glacier is available by climbing the Gondogoro Pass (5450 meters). Visitors to the region are advised to carefully monitor their water intake with concern. To avoid often painful and sometimes debilitating stomach upsets at high altitude, water should be obtained from clear water sources and brought to a rolling boil, or purified before consumption.

 

 

Gasherbrum

Gasherbrum II – first Karakorum eight-thousander climbed in winter (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Gasherbrum is a remote group of peaks located at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya on the border of the Chinese Shaksgam Valley and the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan. The massif contains three of the world’s 8,000 metre peaks (if one includes Broad Peak). Gasherbrum is often claimed to mean “Shining Wall”, presumably a reference to the highly visible face of Gasherbrum IV; but in fact it comes from “rgasha” (beautiful) + “brum” (mountain) in Balti, hence it actually means “beautiful mountain”.

In 1856, Thomas George Montgomerie, a British Royal Engineers lieutenant and a member of the Great Trigonometric Survey of India, sighted a group of high peaks in the Karakoram from more than 200 km away. He named five of these peaks K1, K2, K3, K4 and K5 where the K denotes Karakoram. Today, K1 is known as Masherbrum, K3 as Broad Peak, K4 as Gasherbrum II and K5 as Gasherbrum I. Only K2, the second highest mountain in the world, has kept Montgomerie’s name.

Mountains of Pakistan

S. No

Mountain Name

Height (m)

Range

District

1	Chogori/K2	8611	Karakoram	Skardu
2	Nanga Parbat	8125	Himalayas	Diamer
3	Gasherbrum I/Hidden Peak	8068	Karakoram	Skardu
4	Falchan Kangri/Broad Peak	8047	Karakoram	Skardu
5	Gasherbrum II	8035	Karakoram	Skardu
6	Broad Peak/Middle/Central	8016	Karakoram	Skardu
7	Gasherbrum III	7952	Karakoram	Skardu
8	Gasherbrum IV	7925	Karakoram	Skardu
9	Distaghil Sar Main	7885	Karakoram	Gilgit
10	Kunyang Chhish/Main	7852	Karakoram	Gilgit
11	Masherbrum NE/ K1	7821	Karakoram	Gilgit
12	Masherbrum	7806	Karakoram	Gilgit
13	Rakaposhi	7788	Karakoram	Gilgit
14	Batura I	7785	Karakoram	Gilgit
15	Batura II	7762	Karakoram	Gilgit
16	Distaghil Sar II	7760	Karakoram	Gilgit
17	Kanjut Sar I	7760	Karakoram	Gilgit
18	Masherbrum W	7750	Karakoram	Skardu
19	Saltoro Kangri I	7742	Karakoram	Gaunche
20	Batura II	7730	Karakoram	Gilgit
21	Batura III	7729	Karakoram	Gilgit
22	Trivor / Peak No. 8	7720	Karakoram	Gilgit
23	Tirich Mir (Main)	7708	Hindukush	Chitral
24	Saltoro Kangri II	7706	Karakoram	Gaunche
25	Chaltoro Gang R1 N	7705	Karakoram	Gaunche
26	Distaghil Sar (E)	7700	Karakoram	Gilgit
27	Tirich Mir (East)	7692	Hindukush	Chitral
28	Saser Kangri	7672	Karakoram	Gaunche
29	Chogolisa I SW/E	7665	Karakoram	Skardu
30	Chogolisa II /NE	7654	Karakoram	Skardu
31	Yukshin Garden Sar	7641	Karakoram	Gilgit
32	Kunyang Chhich (S)	7620	Karakoram	Gilgit
33	Shispare	7611	Karakoram	Gilgit
34	Batura IV	7594	Karakoram	Gilgit
35	Broad Peak (N)	7550	Karakoram	Skardu
36	Skyang Kangri No. 1	7544	Karakoram	Skardu
37	Batura V	7531	Karakoram	Gilgit
38	Yakshin Gardan No. I	7530	Karakoram	Gilgit
39	Mamostong Kangri	7516	Karakoram	Gaunche
40	Saser Kangri E	7513	Karakoram	Gaunche
41	Tirich Mir (West II)	7500	Hindukush	Chitral
42	Skyang Kangri II	7500	Karakoram	Skardu
43	Kunyang Chhish	7500	Karakoram	Gilgit
44	Saser Kangri II W	7500	Karakoram	Gaunche
45	Saser Kangri III	7495	Karakoram	Gaunche
46	Pumari Chhish	7492	Karakoram	Gilgit
47	Tirich Mir (West I)	7487	Hindukush	Chitral
48	Pasu Massive M	7478	Karakoram	Gilgit
49	K-12	7469	Karakoram	Gaunche
50	Teram Kangri I	7463	Karakoram	Gaunche
51	Muchu Chhish	7453	Karakoram	Gilgit
52	Malubiting	7453	Karakoram	Gilgit
53	Pumari Chhish (N)	7440	Karakoram	Gilgit
54	Yazghil Dome (S)	7440	Karakoram	Gilgit
55	Sia Kangri No I/ N	7422	Karakoram	Skardu
56	Haramosh No. 1	7409	Karakoram	Gilgit
57	Teram Kangri II	7406	Karakoram	Gaunche
58	Istro Nal (Main)	7403	Hindukush	Chitral
59	Tirich Mir (West III)	7400	Hindukush	Chitral
60	Kunyang Chhish (E)	7400	Karakoram	Gilgit
61	Pumari Chhish (S)	7400	Karakoram	Gilgit
62	Yazghil Dome (N)	7400	Karakoram	Gilgit
63	Ultar Sar No. 1	7388	Karakoram	Gilgit
64	Rimo (S) No. 1 Peak 51	7385	Karakoram	Gaunche
65	Teram Kangri III	7382	Karakoram	Gaunche
66	Sherpi Kangri (Main)	7380	Karakoram	Gaunche
67	Istro Nal (North I)	7373	Hindukush	Chitral
68	Rimo (S) No. II P-50	7373	Karakoram	Gaunche
69	Istro Nal (North II)	7372	Hindukush	Chitral
70	Sherpi Kangri No. II	7370	Karakoram	Gaunche
71	Istro Nal (North III)	7365	Hindukush	Chitral
72	Skill Brum	7360	Karakoram	Skardu
73	Skyang Kangri M	7357	Karakoram	Skardu
74	Karun Kuh	7350	Karakoram	Gilgit
75	Kunyang Chhish W	7350	Karakoram	Gilgit
76	Punmari Chhish (S)	7350	Karakoram	Gilgit
77	Saragharar (Main)	7349	Hindukush	Chitral
78	Skyang Kangri W	7345	Karakoram	Skardu
79	Mombil Sar Peak 7	7343	Karakoram	Gilgit
80	Saragharar (Central)	7330	Hindukush	Chitral
81	Yutmara Sar	7330	Karakoram	Gilgit
82	Bojobagor Duanasir	7329	Karakoram	Gilgit
83	Sia Kangri No. II/E	7325	Karakoram	Skardu
84	Yazghil Domes S	7324	Karakoram	Skardu
85	Gasherbrum No. V	7321	Karakoram	Skardu
86	Kunyang Chhish (SE)	7320	Karakoram	Gilgit
87	Malanghulti	7320	Karakoram	Gilgit
88	Baltoro Kangri No. I	7312	Karakoram	Skardu
89	Ultar Sar II	7310	Karakoram	Gilgit
90	Saragharar (S)	7307	Hindukush	Chitral
91	Istro Nal (S)	7303	Hindukush	Chitral
92	Istro Nal	7300	Hindukush	Chitral
93	Saragharar (NW)	7300	Hindukush	Chitral
94	Baltoro Kangri No. III	7300	Karakoram	Skardu
95	Urdok No. I	7300	Karakoram	Skardu
96	Malubiting (NW)	7300	Karakoram	Gilgit
97	Yazghil Domes	7300	Karakoram	Gilgit
98	Sherpi Kangri No. III	7300	Karakoram	Gaunche
99	Teram Kangri IV	7300	Karakoram	Gaunche
100	Malubiting Central	7291	Karakoram	Gilgit
101	Rakaposhi (E)	7290	Karakoram	Gilgit
102	Savoia Kangri I	7286	Karakoram	Skardu
103	Baintha Brak/Ogre	7285	Karakoram	Skardu
104	Passu /Peak No. 55	7284	Karakoram	Gilgit
105	Passu Massiv (E)	7284	Karakoram	Gilgit
106	K-6	7282	Karakoram	Gaunche
107	Istro Nal (West II)	7280	Hindukush	Chitral
108	Baltoro Kangri III	7280	Karakoram	Skardu
109	Istro Nal (Northwest)	7276	Hindukush	Chitral
110	Golden Throne SE	7275	Karakoram	Skardu
111	Golden Throne NW	7274	Karakoram	Skardu
112	Diran Peak	7273	Karakoram	Gilgit
113	Mustagh Tower (E)	7273	Karakoram	Skardu
114	Sia Kangri IV (Central)	7273>	Karakoram	Skardu
115	Golden Throne NE	7270	Karakoram	Skardu
116	Mustagh Tower	7270	Karakoram	Skardu
117	Golden Throne SE	7265	Karakoram	Skardu
118	Baltoro Kangri V	7260	Karakoram	Skardu
119	Baltoro Kangri IV	7254	Karakoram	Skardu
120	Saragharar SW-I	7250	Karakoram	Skardu
121	Apsarasas I	7245	Karakoram	Gaunche
122	Apsarasas II	7239	Karakoram	Gaunche
123	Apsarasas III E	7236	Karakoram	Gaunche
124	Rimo II P-49	7233	Karakoram	Gaunche
125	Apsarasas IV	7227	Karakoram	Gaunche
126	Saragharar (SE-4)	7208	Hindukush	Chitral
127	Mt. Rose/Singhi Kan	7202	Karakoram	Gaunche