"Nanga Parbat " known as "Killer Mountain" is one of the most dangerous mountains to climb. With an altitude of about 8126 metres, it is the 9th highest mountain in the World situated in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. The world's ninth highest peak, Nanga Parbat, competes with K2 in terms of technical difficulty.
The route of the first ascent follows a narrow ridge to the summit. ... Climbers have named the Nanga Parbat, which means naked mountain, the Killer Mountain. The mountain has seen a death rate of 22.3%.
Nanga Parbat means “Naked Mountain” in Pakistan's Urdu language.
The Nanga Parbat massif, forming the heart of the so-called NW Himalayan syntaxis, is a place of superlatives.
The peak, at 8125m is one of the great mountains of the world – the westernmost of the Himalayan chain. The geology is cut through by the Indus gorge, at just over 1000m above sea level.
Death toll
64 lives
More than 40 climbers have died from 209 total ascents. The ninth highest mountain in the world, Nanga Parbat has claimed 64 lives from an astonishingly low 287 attempts. It is the third most dangerous mountain in the entire world.
Path
To travel to this mountain, you have to go to the Distrct Diamer, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. From Diamer, you have to go via jeep tracks towards the track point which goes to Fairy Meadows, and it is about 3 hours track. The road towards Fairy Meadows track is one of the deadliest roads in the World. Fairy Meadows is a very beautiful point, consisting of hotels, restaurants, lakes, night fun etc. After fairy Meadows, a track leads to Nanga Parbat base camp. After that, you can climb Nanga Parbat.
Most of the visitors came to visit this point. It has a very cold climate. You can also find snow fall in summer at the base camp of Nanga Parbat.
Many of the world known climbers got died during its summit and many of them returned without completing the summit. Only about a dozen of peopluoe are able to summit it.
Its very dangerous due to its harsh climate. The summiters have also told that there are many wild animals on this mountain. There are some evil creatures also. A lot of the people have seen mishaps caused by them. The mountain is very steep. That's why, its very difficult to summit.