Muztagh Tower
The
Muztagh Tower (also:
Mustagh Tower;
Muztagh: ice tower), is a
mountain of the
Karakoram range in the
Himalaya in
Northern Areas of
Pakistan[ This region is disputed, and is claimed by India to be an integral part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir ]. It is often said to be one of its most difficult to climb. The Muztagh Tower stands 7,273 metres high between the basins of the
Baltoro and
Sarpo Laggo glaciers, and also possesses a second summit that is 7,180 m high.
Long thought to be unclimbable, it was first conquered in 1956 by a
British expedition, consisting of
John Hartog,
Joe Brown,
Tom Patey and
Ian McNaught Davis, that came from the west side. The group just barely managed to beat a
French party attempting to climb the mountain from the east, reaching the top on
July 6,
1956, five days before the French did. The lower summit was first climbed in 1984 by the northeast ridge.
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List of mountains in Pakistan*
List of highest mountains
