Brammah is a mountain

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in the

Kishtwar Kishtwar is a town, municipality and administrative headquarter of the Kishtwar District in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The district was carved out of the Doda district in 2007. It is located in the Jammu division. T ...

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of Jammu and Kashmir,

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, east of the town of

and near the border with

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

. It comprises four peaks, listed in order from west to east: ''Brammah I'' (, first ascent 1973), ''Flat Top'' (, first ascent 1980), ''Brammah II'', (, first ascent 1975), and ''Arjuna'' (, first ascent 1983). Brammah II is the highest of the group. While Brammah I is not the highest, it is the most dramatic, as it is situated at the western end of the massif, above a low base. Brammah I is particularly notable both for its huge rise above local terrain and for its being the site of the first successful major climb in the Kishtwar Himalaya. British

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Chris Bonington Sir Christian John Storey Bonington, CVO, CBE, DL (born 6 August 1934) is a British mountaineer. His career has included nineteen expeditions to the Himalayas, including four to Mount Everest. Early life and expeditions Bonington's father, ...

, along with Nick Estcourt, and aided by the

n Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering, made the first ascent of Brammah I in 1973 via the Southeast Ridge. Estcourt noted that "it is not the highest peak in Kishtwar, but it is the most obvious and elegant." The second ascent of Brammah I in 1978 was also made by a British group, comprising Paul Belcher, Duncan Nicholson, Jon Scott, and Anthony Wheaton. Nicholson and Scott perished on the descent. Anthony Wheaton returned to the sister mountain, Brammah's wife in 1979 and made the first British ascent with Richard Hester on September 16, 1979.

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