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Name: Miroslav Caban
Nickname: Miro
Sports: mountaineering
Date of Birth: 4th of April, 1968
Home country: Czech Republic
Marital status: Married
Website: www.448.cz |
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Height (feet): 26401
Height (meters): 8047
Location: Karakoram Range
Country: Pakistan + China
Coordinates: 35º 48´38"N, 76º 34´05"E
Difficulty: major mountain expedition
Easiest route: snow/ice climb
Best months for climbing: June, July, August
First climbed: 1957
Nearest major airport: Islamabad, Pakistan
Broad Peak 8047 meters
Broad Peak is the 12th highest mountain on the globe. Together with K2 they form a real dominance of the Karakoram Range. Since they sit right next to each other - only 8 km distance - it is no surprise the mountain was originally named as K3. Upon a closer inspection later on it was discovered that the summit was stretching over 1,5 kilometers and thus it was named as Broad Peak. In fact, the mountain has three summits which form its spectacular silhouette.
Besides the main peak which most climbers aim for you can also climb the lower Central Summit (8016m) and the North Summit (7538m). Broad Peak was first tried in 1954 by a German expedition which wasn´t successful due to bad weather and extreme low temperatures. In June 1957, an Austrian expedition consisting of famous climbers Marcus Schmuck, Fritz Wintersteller, Kurt Diemberger, a photographer and a legendary mountaineer, and Hermann Buhl, the first one to summit Nanga Parbat, reached the summit finally after having been forced to return by a storm during the previous try. Interesting is the fact that they managed it even without use of auxilary oxygen and altitude porters.
Broad Peak´s climbing profile attracts the hearts of international mountaineers and even the most experienced ones take a high pride in conquering its very summit. It is no surprise that this beautiful eight-thousander is also well known for bad weather: it can surprise climbers rather unexpectedly. Thus, many have had to give up and return back due to bad weather, strong wind, and extreme temperatures like the first expedition in 1954.
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