Rakaposhi.



Rakaposhi, is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan. It is situated in the Nagar Valley approximately 100 km north of the city of Gilgit in the Gilgit District of the Gilgit–Baltistan province of Pakistan. Of Rakaposhi Colonel Tanner wrote as follows: 

The mighty Rakaposhi or devil's tail of Gilgit, rising from ground which is 7000 or 8000 feet above the sea, may be viewed from a distance of less than 40 miles by any one bold enough to make the journey over the dreadful Saichar pass to Chaprot and thence up to the grassy downs above that place, and the splendid appearance of Rakaposhi will be a sufficient reward for his trouble. It is a vast clean-cut 'brilliant snow needle, absolutely sharp, rising thousands of feet above a mass of broken snows, below which are "the wild precipices and serrated ridges peculiar to the Gilgit mountains.

Rakaposhi Peak 
Taghafari Base Camp
Elevation: 7,788 m (25,551 ft)[1]
Ranked 27th




Rakaposhi Peak 
Location: Nagar Valley, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan
Range: Rakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains, Karakoram
Coordinates: 36°08′33″N 74°29′21″E
First ascent: 1958 by Mike Banks and Tom Patey 

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