Gasherbrum II
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| Elevation | 80352636213 |
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| Range | Karakoram |
| First ascent | July 7, 1956 |
| Fritz Moravec | |
| Josef Larch | |
| Hans Willenpart | |
| Locations | Gilgit–Baltistan |
| Pakistan | |
| Easiest route | ice climb |
| Listing | Eight-thousander |
| Ultra-prominent peak | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 845270 |
About Gasherbrum II
Gasherbrum II; surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at 8,035 metres above sea level. It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan province, Pakistan, and Xinjiang, China.
Nirmal Purja: Ex-soldier climbs 14 highest mountains in seven months
Nirmal Purja at The Summit of Mount Everest
A Nepali mountaineer and former British Marine has climbed The World 's tallest 14 peaks in six months - beating an earlier record of almost eight years.
Nirmal Purja reached The Top of his 14th mountain, Shishapangma in China, on Tuesday morning.
Purja, 36, joined the British Army in 2003 and became a Royal Marine in 2009.
His climbing career began when he walked to Everest base camp in 2012 and, instead of returning as planned, decided to climb the entire mountain.
He was already the holder of numerous records - including the fastest "double-header" of - and was awarded the MBE, a civilian honour, by The Queen in 2018.
Nepalese soldiers have served in the British Army - specifically the - for More Than 200 years.
There are 14 mountains in The World higher than 8,000m, and the previous record for climbing them all was just under eight years.
Purja's own website says the previous record holder was, who finished The Challenge in 1987 in 7 years, 11 months and 14 days.
But an article on The British Mountaineering Council's website says the record holder was in fact, with a time of seven years, 10 months and six days.
Purja began his campaign in Nepal in April, and climbed Mount Everest in May. There, his picture of the queue at The Top of The Summit gained worldwide attention.
During his climbs, he rescued four other Climbers - Three of whom he called "suicide Missions " - and has, in his own words, "bled from every Angle ".
Nirmal Purja pictured at The Summit of Gasherbrum IiBut it wasn't non-stop work. In August, he climbed Everest, Lhotse and Makalu in Five Days , but it could have been Three - had he not stopped for two nights "to have a drink".
In September, his challenge was held up while he waited for permission to climb The Final mountain, Shishapangma, in the Tibetan autonomous region of China.
His permit was granted on 15 October after the Nepali government approached the Chinese government on his behalf.
In order, the 14 mountains were:
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Source of news: bbc.com
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