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    Nanga Parbat (Urdu: نانگا پربت) (Urdu: [nəŋɡa pərbət̪]; lit. 'naked mountain'), known locally as Diamer (Shina: دیآمر, lit. 'King of the Mountains'),...
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    During the 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition, Hermann Buhl succeeded in making the first ascent of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain...
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    being part of the team which made the first successful ascent of Nanga Parbat in 1953, and of K2 in 1954 with an Italian expedition. He, along with the...
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  • Karl Herrligkoffer (category Nanga Parbat)
    impresario". The 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition was noteworthy because Hermann Buhl succeeded in making the first ascent of Nanga Parbat (8125m)...
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    Austrian mountaineer. His accomplishments include the first ascents of Nanga Parbat in 1953 and Broad Peak in 1957. Buhl was born in Innsbruck, the youngest...
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  • (1924–1957), first ascent solo and without oxygen of Nanga Parbat (1953) on the 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition, first ascent of Broad Peak (1957)...
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    Willy Merkl (category Deaths on Nanga Parbat)
    who is most notable for his attempt to lead a German-American team up Nanga Parbat (the Naked Mountain) in the Himalayas in 1932. His team were known to...
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    seventh highest mountain. Manaslu is the world's eighth highest mountain. Nanga Parbat is the world's ninth highest mountain. Annapurna I is the world's 10th...
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    Retrieved October 22, 2012. Herrligkoffer, Karl Maria (1954). Nanga Parbat [Nanga Parbat 1953]. Translated by Brockett, Eleanor; Ehrenzweig, Anton. New York:...
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    Himalayan expedition that was going to attempt the unclimbed Rupal face of Nanga Parbat. The expedition, which was the major turning point in his life, turned...
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