Talk:Nanga Parbat
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If anyone is interested and thinks this is worthy of an update, there's a story over at the BBC about a climber who got stuck up there:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4137160.stm
Nanga Parbat not deadliest peak
Annapurna has a higher death/summit ratio.
Some changes/additions
I changed a few things:
Spelling: Rakhiot, not Raikot.
I changed "vertical cliff" to "mountain face" since "vertical cliff" implies dead vertical, which this is not.
I corrected the statement about the vertical rise above the Indus: it's actually greater than was stated before, and it happens in 27km; but a few other peaks do actually rise 7000m in slightly less distance (e.g. Manaslu, Annapurna I).
I also added a couple of links; in particular, summitpost.org is usually much, much better than Peakware.
I may come back and flesh out the history at some point.
--Spireguy 03:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Added more climbing history
I just hit the highlights; I may come back and add one or two more entries.
Also, I changed the comment about deadliness to reflect the fact that in recent years NP has not been as deadly as other 8000ers (e.g. Annapurna, as the comment above noted).
I am also suspicious about the Sherpa/"Maneater" line---I have not seen this documented, and the Sherpas don't live anywhere near. So I hedged it a bit but did not remove it. --Spireguy 19:40, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Seven Years in Tibet
I'm not sure that Nanga Parbat really does appear in the movie. The IMDB does not list Pakistan as a filming location (although that could be their omission). I haven't seen the movie so I can't say for sure. -- Spireguy 19:00, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Fairy Meadow
I am proposing that Fairy Meadow Nanga Parbat be merged into this article; it's good info but I don't think it needs to stand alone. It would make a good section here. -- Spireguy 14:28, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
- I agree that both pages be merged. Siddiqui 15:05, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Fairy Meadow -2
Mr Spireguy. Thanks. I tried to write article about Fairy Meadow but could not as the name is already there. Can it possible that Fairy Meadow use twice. I have to add Nanga Parbat for article.
Well Fairy Meadow has its own attraction. I have gone there twice. Many people dream to go Fairy Meadow. It is many kilometres away from the base camp as you can see in the picture.