The expedition comprised Takashi Matsuo leader , Hiromi Okuyama, Takehiro Hirota, Tokio Kozuki, Masaya Oishi, Toru Sakakibara, Kenya Sato, Shinichi Miyata, Tomoyoshi Mizukawa, Hiroyuki Onishi, and Akira Noguchi | They encountered ice up to 50 degrees |
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It lies between the Muchuhar Glacier, on the west, and the Shispare or Hasanabad Glacier on the east | They used three high camps, and fixed 3,000 metres 10,000 ft of rope |
For example, its summit rises over 5,000 metres 16,400 ft above the Hunza River, in a horizontal distance of 15 kilometres 9 mi.
21Overview [ ] Because it is much lower in elevation than many of the surrounding peaks, such as and , Sangemarmar Sar is little-known, and there has been only one successful ascent of the peak, according to the | See also at the Alpine Club of Ottawa website |
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On July 11, 1984, a team from made the first ascent of the mountain via the southwest ridge | The expedition reached 6,300 metres 20,700 ft but was then forced to retreat by repeated heavy snowstorms |
Ernest Frederick Roots, "Southern Batura Muztagh, Western Karakoram Range, Hunza", 1965, p.