Nanga Parbat

The ascent of Nanga Parbat (2005) was an important moment in Edurne’s career. By managing to reach the summit of Nanga Parbat (Pakistan, 8,125 m), her eighth eight-thousander, Edurne equalled the mythical feat of the Polish Wanda Rutkievicz (who died at 49 around the summit of Kangchenjunga) and became the living woman who had climbed the largest number of eight-thousanders.

The ascent was made on the western side of the mountain, following the route named Kinshoferr.

Nanga Parbat is the ninth highest mountain in the world, and the second-highest in Pakistan. Nanga Parbat means "Bare Mountain" in Urdu and Hindi. The name obeys the fact that this is an isolated mountain, separate from the rest, so the part with perpetual snow stands out in the countryside. At the same time, it makes it a dangerous mountain for climbers. In fact, the ascent of Nanga Parbat has produced numerous victims in the history of mountaineering.

It was first climbed in 1953 by the Austrian climber Hermann Buhl, who formed part of a German-Austrian team. Buhl was the only mountaineer of the expedition who managed to summit, and thus became the only mountaineer to climb an eight-thousander solo without the help of oxygen.

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  EVEREST (2001)
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  MAKALU (2002)
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  CHO-OYU (2002)
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  LHOTSE (2003)
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  GASHERBRUM II (2003)
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  GASHERBRUM I (2003)
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  K2 (2004)
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  NANGA PARBAT (2005)
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  BROAD PEAK (2007)
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  DHAULAGIRI (2008)
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  MANASLU (2008)
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  KANGCHENJUNGA (2009)
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  ANNAPURNA (2010)
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  SHISHA PANGMA (2010)
• EVEREST W/OUT O2 (2011)