Gasherbrum I

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Gasherbrum I
Elevation	8,080 metres (26,509 feet) Ranked 11th (3rd in Pakistan)
Location	Gilgit-Baltistan (China-Pakistan^[1])
Range	Karakoram
Prominence	2,155 m
Coordinates	35°43′N 76°42′E
First ascent	July 5, 1958 by an American team
Easiest route	snow/ice climb

Gasherbrum I (also known as Hidden Peak or K5) is the 11th highest peak on Earth, located on the border of China-Pakistan, and the 3rd highest in Pakistan. ^[1] Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya. Gasherbrum is often claimed to mean "Shining Wall", presumably a reference to the highly visible face of the neighboring peak Gasherbrum IV; but in fact it comes from "rgasha" (beautiful) + "brum" (mountain) in Balti, hence it actually means "beautiful mountain."

Gasherbrum I was designated K5 (meaning the 5th peak of the Karakoram) by T.G. Montgomery in 1856 when he first spotted the peaks of the Karakoram from more than 200 km away during the Great Trigonometric Survey of India. In 1892, William Martin Conway provided the alternate name, Hidden Peak, in reference to its extreme remoteness.

Gasherbrum I was first climbed on July 5, 1958 by Pete Schoening and Andy Kauffman of an eight-man American expedition led by Nicholas B. Clinch. Richard K. Irvin, Tom Nevison, Tom McCormack, Bob Swift and Gil Roberts were also members of the team.

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2 See also
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1934 - A large international expedition, organized by the Swiss G.O. Dyhrenfurth, explores Gasherbrum I and II. Two climbers get to 6,300 m/20,650 ft.
1936 - A French expedition gets to 6,900 m/22,630 ft.
1958 - An American team makes the first ascent.
1975 - Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler reach the summit on a new route (northwest route). One day later, they are followed by three Austrians on the same route.
1977 - The fourth successful ascent by two Yugoslavians, again on a new route.
1980 - A French expedition is successful with the 5th ascent and pass the south ridge for the first time.
1981 - Japanese have the 6th successful ascent.
1982 - G. Sturm, M. Dacher and S. Hupfauer of a German expedition summit via a new route on the north face. In the same year, the first woman gets to the summit. Moreover, there is the first ski descent from the top of an 8000 metre peak.
1983 - Teams from Switzerland, Poland and Spain are successful.
1984 - Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander traverse Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum II without returning to base camp in between
1985 - Solo ascent by Benoît Chamoux.
2003 - 19 people reach the summit, 4 deaths.