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Muztagh Tower

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The Muztagh Tower (also: Mustagh Tower; Muztagh: ice tower), located at 76° 21" E, 35° 48" N, is one of the mountains of the Karakoram, and often said to be one of its most difficult to climb. Standing 7,273 m (23,860 ft) high between the basins of the Baltoro and Sarpo Laggo glaciers, it was first climbed 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 peak 5 days before the french did.