Broad Peak’s local name is ‘Falchan Kangri’. It is the 12th highest mountain located in the Karakorum Range, about 8 km (8,000 meter) peak, located in Concordia next to K2 and Gasherbrum peaks at the heart of the Karakoram mountain range in Northern area of Pakistan. Broad peak has three summits and main summit is 8047 meters above the sea level.
Lieutenant T.G. Montgomerie probably saw first time this peak and other adjacent peaks and gave them temporary names K1, K2 & K3 etc, where K stands for Korakaram + a number for the peak.
Climb Broad Peak
The first ascent of the main summit was made in 1957 by an Austrian expedition consisting of only four climbing members. Broad Peak was climbed 255 times and had 18 deaths. The fatality rate is therefore about 7%. It is one of the safer 8000 m peaks, but the risk of avalanches should never be disregarded.
Location
| Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan; Tashkurgan, Xinjiang, China, China–Pakistan border |