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Mazeno Ridge

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Lhakpa Rangduk, Lhakpa Nuru and Lhakpa Zarok, traversed the ridge to Mazeno Col and set up a camp at 7,200 m (4.5 mi). A summit attempt the next day proved unsuccessful and O'Dowd and the three Sherpas decided to descend via the Diamir Face. After two more days, Allan and Allen successfully
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summit. It starts to the west of Nanga Parbat and heads north-east to the summit. The southwestern portion of this main ridge is known as the Mazeno Wall. The ridge has eight subsidiary peaks of over 6,800 metres (22,300 ft), the highest being Mazeno Peak with an elevation of 7,120 metres
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peaks in the Himalayas. A series of eight subsidiary peaks form the ridge, the highest being Mazeno Peak at 7,120 metres (23,360 ft). All eight subsidiary peaks have been climbed, but a complete
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of the ridge and ascent of Nanga Parbat was only successfully achieved in 2012, and as of 2019, no other expedition has reached the summit of Nanga Parbat via the Mazeno Ridge.
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The Mazeno Ridge forms part of the Nanga Parbat mountain range. With a length of 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Mazeno Pass to Mazeno Col, Mazeno is the longest ridge on any
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made their summit attempt on 15 July and descended by the Kinshofer Route to reach base camp on the 19th after an expedition lasting 18 days; they won a 2013
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The ridge was climbed in its entirety in 2004; a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) traversal by US mountaineers Doug Chabot and
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made three attempts at traversing the ridge, one being with Sandy Allen in 1992. The third attempt, in 1995, involved
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reached the Mazeno Col. However, they did not continue on to the summit of Nanga Parbat, as Swenson contracted a
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in 1979 but bad weather prevented them from climbing any but the first Mazeno peak. The English mountaineer
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disappeared attempting the second ascent of the ridge. They are assumed to have been swept away by an
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Mazeno Ridge was first attempted by a French mountaineering team led by
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In Some Lost Place: The First Ascent of Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge
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In Some Lost Place: The First Ascent of Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge
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is 5,358 metres (17,579 ft) high and connects the towns of
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range. At the southern end of the ridge, the Mazeno
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range. The ridge is the longest of any ridge on the
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Mazeno Ridge on the right of the Nanga Parbat massif
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Mazeno Wall

Elevation
Coordinates
35°13′34″N 74°33′21″E / 35.22611°N 74.55583°E / 35.22611; 74.55583
Mazeno Ridge is located in Gilgit Baltistan
Astore District
Gilgit–Baltistan
Parent range
Himalaya
First ascent
Easiest route
arĂŞte
Nanga Parbat
Gilgit–Baltistan
Pakistan
Himalayan
eight-thousander
traverse
Karakoram
mountain pass
Astore
Chilas
eight-thousander
Louis Audoubert
Doug Scott
Rick Allen
Wojciech Kurtyka
Andrew Lock
Steve Swenson

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