Lupghar Sar is 108th on the
list of world tallest mountain
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s. It is located in
Shimshal valley of
Hunza Gojal. It is part of the
Momhail Sar cluster of mountains and has an elevation of above sea level. In
Wakhi language
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Classification and distribu ...
Lupghar Sar translates as "the top of the big rock".
Climbing History
*First Ascent: In 1979, the German brothers Hans and Sepp Gloggner reached the summit of Lupghar Sar West.
*First Solo Ascent: On 7 July 2018, Austrian alpinist
Hansjörg Auer
Hansjörg Auer (; 18 February 1984 – 16 April 2019) was an Austrian mountaineer, noted for his free solo climbs, and particularly of ''Fish Route'' in the Italian Dolomites, the first-ever big wall solo at . '' National Geographic'' des ...
reached the summit of Lupghar Sar West following a line on the left side of the West Face to reach the steep North West Ridge in a solo
alpine style
Alpine style is mountaineering in a self-sufficient manner, thereby carrying all of one's food, shelter and equipment as one climbs, as opposed to expedition style (or siege style) mountaineering which involves setting up a fixed line of stocked ...
climb, for which he won the 2019
Piolet d'Or
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.
See also
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List of mountains in Pakistan
Pakistan is home to 108 peaks above 7,000 metres and 4555 above 6,000 m. There is no count of the peaks above 5,000 and 4,000 m. Five of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world (the eight-thousanders) are in Pakistan (four of which lie in ...
References
Seven-thousanders of the Karakoram
Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan
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