Nanjiapat Peak Diamir side
It is reported that this summer, the news that the first 8000-meter peak of Pakistan's was summited from Nanjiapat Peak . According to Pemba Sherpa, the founder of Nepal 8K Expedition, today, 36-year-old Norwegian female climber Kristin Harila and her three companions Chhiring Namgel Sherpa, Pasdawa Sherpa and Dawa Ongju Sherpa climbed to the peak at an altitude of 8,125 meters. Kristin Harila continues to chase Nima Puga.
Just like the results achieved by Nepali Nima Puja in 2019, Kristin Harila hopes to be the first woman to climb 14 8,000 meters in half a year - of course, like Nima Puja, with bottled oxygen and strong support from Sherpa, and if possible, use a helicopter to fly the distance between the peaks as soon as possible. But helicopters are unlikely to be achieved in Pakistan, as only the Pakistani military allows the use of helicopters in the north of the country.
Kristin Harilah
29 days completed 6 8000 meters
Nanga Parbat Peak is the seventh 8000 meters completed by Kristin this year. This spring, the cross-country skiing athlete climbed 6 of the world's 14 extreme peaks in Nepal 29 days: Annapurna (April 28), Daolajiri (May 8), Gancheng Zhangjia (May 14), Everest and Lhotse (May 22) and Makaru (May 27). According to Pemba Sherpa, Kristin's team is now heading towards four other 8,000 meters in northern Pakistan, namely K2, Bloat Peak , garshublum I and II.
According to another adventure company, today the top of Nanga Palbat are Zenger from Taiwan and her Nepali companions Nima Gyalzen Sherpa and Ningma Dorje Tamang also seems to have bottled oxygen. This time, for the 29-year-old Zenger, it is also her seventh 8000 meters.
Kinshofer's variant route
New variant route on the wall of Diamir Mountain (green)
In the second half of Diamir Road in Nanga Palbat, two Italians, Francois Cazzanelli and Pietro Picco has opened up a new variant of the popular Kinshofer route. Two mountaineering guides named their new route to an altitude of 6,000 meters - the "Aosta Valley Express".
