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The peak's name aptly describes its physical characteristics, with a summit that extends over 1.5 kilometers (7⁄8 miles) in length, giving it the appearance of a "broad peak." [3] Three of the mountain's five summits are eight-thousanders: Broad Peak (8051 m), Rocky Summit (8028 m), Broad Peak Central (8011 m), with Broad Peak North (7490 m ...
Broad Peak is a 2022 Polish biographical adventure drama film directed by Leszek Dawid . The film centers on Maciej Berbeka, a Polish mountaineer, and his attempts to complete the first-ever winter ascent of Broad Peak, an eight-thousander in the Karakoram. [1] It was released on Netflix on 14 September 2022.
Cho Oyu is the world's sixth-highest mountain at 8,188 meters (26,864 ft) above sea level. Standing on the China Tibet–Nepal Province No. 1 border, the mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 kilometers west of Mount Everest.
The peak rises over Lhotse, while Nuptse is the ridge on the left. There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of 7,200 m (23,600 ft; 4.5 mi) or greater above sea level . Of these, 14 are more than 8,000 m (26,000 ft; 5.0 mi). [ 1 ]
Maciej Berbeka (17 October 1954 – 6 March 2013) was a Polish mountaineer and mountain guide. [1]Berbeka made the first-ever winter ascent of three eight-thousanders: Manaslu, on 12 January 1984 with Ryszard Gajewski, and Cho Oyu, on 12 February 1985 with Maciej Pawlikowski (the only winter ascent on an eight-thousander made along a new route), and Broad Peak on 5 March 2013 with Adam ...
Broad Peak Central is a secondary peak of the Broad Peak, which is also referred to as a relatively independent main peak. [2]It belongs to the Gasherbrum massif. Due to its visual independence, it was long disputed whether it was the 15th eight-thousander.
However, it was a few days later, between June 8 and 9, that Wintersteller, Schmuck, Diemberger, and Buhl reached the true summit of Broad Peak (8051m), and achieved the first successful ascent of the mountain. Buhl was approaching the summit in the twilight, at around 6:30pm. [12]
Broad Peak, 12th highest in the world Gasherbrum II, 13th highest in the world Gasherbrum Group with Gasherbrum IV, Gasherbrum V, and Gasherbrum VI Satellite image of the Gasherbrum massif. Gasherbrum (Urdu: گاشر برم) is a remote group of peaks situated at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range.