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in the world. It is also notable for its rise above local terrain: for example, it rises almost 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) above its southern base camp on the
Kunyang Glacier, and it rises 5,500 metres (3.4 mi) above the Hunza valley in about 33 kilometres (108,000 ft). Though it shares
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Kunyang Chhish North. A Japanese expedition from
Hokkaido University in 1979 was led by Kohei Echizenya climbed the north ridge of Kunyang Chhish (23,321 feet) to make the first ascent. Base Camp was placed on the Kunyang Glacier at 14,300 feet on June 17. They followed the same route as the
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Khunyang Chhish was made in 1962 but the climb was aborted after an avalanche on 18 July killed two climbers, Major James Mills and Captain M. R. F. Jones, at about 20,000 feet (6,100 m) on the south ridge. Their bodies were never recovered.
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Northwest Spur to the North Ridge and completed this route on July 11, 1988. The route had first been attempted in 1980, and had been attempted again in 1981, 1982 and 1987.
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in 1971. They climbed a more direct, but nonetheless lengthy, route up the South Ridge of the peak from the Pumari Chhish
Glacier. However, one of their members, Jan Franczuk, was killed in a crevasse accident.
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lists three recent attempts on this peak, in 2000 and 2003. With just six known ascents and at least five confirmed deaths during attempts, the mountain has one of the steepest fatality rates in the
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