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unusual facts about Nanga Parbat


Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat is a movie by Joseph Vilsmaier about the tragic expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messner's younger brother Günther died.


Andrew Lock

Lock has climbed with many of the world’s best, including Anatoli Boukreev (K2 in 1993), Göran Kropp (Broad Peak in 1994), Doug Scott and Wojciech Kurtyka (Nanga Parbat Mazeno Ridge in 1995) & Ivan Vallejo and Inaki Ochoa (Annapurna 2007).

Raikot Bridge

Raikot Bridge is the gateway to Nanga Parbat Base Camp, on the Indus River in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.


see also

Ben Major

He is also an accomplished climber having climbed extensively in the world's great mountain ranges including ascents of Nanga Parbat, at 8125m the world's sixth highest mountain, Rakaposhi (7788m) in the Western Himalaya, Mt Elbrus in The Caucasus and The Matterhorn in The Alps.